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A Missouri school district reinstated spanking if parents give their OK

The policy says corporal punishment will be used only when other forms of discipline have failed and then only with the superintendent's permission. The district had dropped the practice in 2001.

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Missouri school district reinstates corporal punishment

A southwest Missouri school district says it will allow students to be spanked if parents give their permission

The Independent UK

Kansas Gov. Kelly hopes state can pass medical marijuana, as Missouri weighs recreational pot

LOUISBURG, Kansas — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly reaffirmed her support for medical marijuana on Thursday but stopped short of endorsing recreational sales in Kansas, ahead of a key vote on legalization in Missouri.

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Schmitt leads in Senate race despite Missourians’ support of abortion rights, new poll shows

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has established a double digit lead in the U.S. Senate race against Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine, according to a new poll from Saint Louis University.

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Missouri’s average gas price falls to $3.49

As of August 24, Missouri’s average gas price according to AAA was $3.49 for regular gas, which was below the national average of $3.88. Gas prices fell from the previous week’s average of $3.52 and were below the July average of $4.04. On August 24, 2021, the state’s average price…

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Execution date set for Missouri man who shot police officer

The Missouri Supreme Court has set a Nov. 29 execution date for a 36-year-old man who killed a suburban St. Louis police officer

The Independent UK

Chiefs’ updated 80-man roster ahead of preseason Week 3

Be sure you can identify every #Chiefs player on the 80-man roster during preseason Week 3's game vs. the #Packers

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First Thing: Uvalde police chief fired for school shooting response

Pete Arredondo defends law enforcement response to attack that left 21 dead. Plus, Missouri school district to reinstate corporal punishment

The Guardian - UK

Missouri school district reinstates spanking students as ‘last resort’

Cassville superintendent says a survey last year revealed that additional discipline measures was parents’ major concern

The Guardian - US

John Wood (I) drops out of race for U.S. Senate in Missouri

John Wood (I), a former senior investigator for the January 6th Select Committee, announced that he was suspending his campaign for U.S. Senate in Missouri. Wood qualified for the ballot on August 1, one day before the state’s Republican primary. On August 23, Wood said that he saw no path…

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Missouri school district reinstates spanking as punishment

‘Those on social media would probably be appalled to hear us say these things but the majority of people that I’ve run into have been supportive,’ superintendent says

The Independent UK

Former Jan. 6 investigator John Wood ends independent campaign for US Senate in Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — John Wood, a former investigator for the House Jan. 6 committee, announced Tuesday that he was ending his independent bid for U.S. Senate in Missouri.

Tribune News Service

Economy and Society, August 23, 2022: Attorney General ESG push back across the states

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Groups sue Missouri over new limits on voter registration, absentee ballots

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Two voting-rights groups have sued the state of Missouri in an attempt to block parts of a new law that restrict voter registration efforts and absentee voter outreach.

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Cannabis Prohibitionist Files Lawsuit To Remove Marijuana Legalization From Missouri Ballot, Here's What She Argues

A lawsuit seeking to overturn an initiative to legalize recreational cannabis that would allow sales of marijuana to adults 21 and older was filed Friday in Cole County Circuit Court, reported Missouri Independent.

Reason

How Slaughterhouse-Five Became a Repeated Target of Book Burners

As recently as 2011, a school board in Missouri barred the book from the curriculum and ordered it confined to a special section of the school's library.

The Independent UK

Death toll from Missouri house explosion rises to three after mother and three-year-old daughter die

Father Corey Coleman died immediately after blast occurred on Monday

The Independent UK

Mother is the 3rd person to die after Missouri home exploded

Authorities say a young mother is the third member of her family to die in a gas explosion at her Missouri home

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The Independent UK

Dawn Wynn: Everything we know about Missouri woman ‘on the run’ after husband’s murder

Dawn Renee Wynn, 49, is considered armed and dangerous

The Independent UK

Missouri woman left behind suicide notes before ‘going on the run’ while awaiting trial for husband’s murder

Dawn Wynn disappeared while out on bond for the November 2021 murder of her husband

Tribune News Service

Launch of Kansas sports betting spotlights Chiefs, other pro sports teams and colleges

Now that a launch date has been set for legal sports wagering in Kansas — Sept. 1 — what does this mean for pro and college teams in the state ... and just on the other side of the Kansas-Missouri state line?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A hydropower plant could change St. Louis energy. It could also kill a giant river fish

WEST ALTON, Missouri — On the rocky banks of the Mississippi River two dozen miles north of St. Louis, there's a clash brewing between clean energy and wildlife conservation, with both sides aiming to repair damage wrought by humans.

The Independent UK

Kansas City mayor sues Missouri over police funding law

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is suing the state of Missouri over a new law requiring the city to increase funding for its police department

USA Today Sports Media Group

Missouri vs Louisiana Tech Prediction, Game Preview

Missouri vs Louisiana Tech game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 1 game on Thursday, September 1

Daily Mirror

Missing dog found 500ft underground by heroic cavers after two-month search

Abby had been missing from her family home for two months when a small group of cavers in Missouri, US, found her trapped 500ft underground and carried her to the surface in a duffle bag

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