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Abortion providers and advocates experience déjà vu as Roe v. Wade is threatened

Two abortion providers and an abortion support group leader share how they are preparing for a potential overturning of Roe v. Wade after the recent leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion.

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No, Missouri’s abortion ‘trigger’ law doesn’t ban Plan B, birth control or IVF, experts say

Since a leaked Supreme Court decision that could affect abortion rights circulated last week, we’ve heard from readers concerned about Missouri’s “trigger” law that would ban nearly all abortions in the state.

Tribune News Service

Missouri voters will decide on whether to give state National Guard its own department

An amendment to give the Missouri National Guard its own department will be on the ballot this November for Missouri voters.

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Editorial: With Roe on the ropes, it's urgent that abortion medication be kept accessible

With the Supreme Court moving to overturn Roe v. Wade, the availability of self-administered abortion pills is about to take center stage in the debate. Congressional Democrats need to get in front of the issue and settle numerous questions raised by so-called morning after pills. If Roe does indeed fall,…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

11 Insanely Corrupt Speed-Trap Towns

Caught stealing from motorists, these towns disbanded their police forces or even disbanded their governments altogether.

Reason

Mother, wife, lawyer: Erin Hawley calls the fight to overturn Roe ‘the project of a lifetime’

ST. LOUIS — Not surprisingly, the Hawley name is on one of the most controversial cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, an effort from Mississippi that could restrict abortion rights and overturn Roe v. Wade.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mickey Gilley, country music star helped inspire ‘Urban Cowboy,’ dies at 86

Gilley died Saturday in Branson, Missouri, where he helped run the Mickey Gilley Grand Shanghai Theatre. He had been performing as recently as last month, but was in failing health over the past week.

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Missouri U.S. House candidates hit the campaign trail without set districts or voters

Missouri congressional candidates have no idea where to campaign or which voters to court. That's because, with just months to go until the primary, GOP state lawmakers can't decide on a voting map.

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If Missouri’s abortion ban is triggered, showdown over state constitution likely ahead

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 7 May 2022

This week unscalable barriers were erected around the United States Supreme Court to keep protesters at bay. It's now about as difficult to enter the highest court in America as it is to get a legal abortion in Missouri.

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Man faces federal charges for 2021 Missouri church fire

A man is facing federal hate crime and arson charges for a fire that destroyed the Church of the Latter-day Saints in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

The Independent UK

If Missouri’s abortion ban is triggered, showdown over state constitution likely ahead

If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, as a leaked draft opinion indicates it will, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt will soon after issue a legal opinion confirming the decision and triggering a near-total abortion ban in the state.

Tribune News Service

Missouri has one week to pass a new congressional map or it may head to the courts

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — With a week left in this year’s legislative session, Missouri lawmakers will try one more time to approve a congressional map.

Tribune News Service

One bill has passed during Missouri’s 2022 legislative session and one week remains

One week remains in the Missouri legislative session and there has been one bill passed by both the House and Senate and signed by Gov. Mike Parson (R). House Bill 3014 is an appropriations bill signed on Feb. 24, 2022. There have been a total of 11 resolutions adopted between…

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Two months to voter registration deadline for Missouri’s primary

The voter registration deadline for Missouri’s 2022 primary election is two months away. Those who wish to vote in-person must be registered by July 6. Registration is possible online, in-person, or by mail. If registration forms are mailed, they must be postmarked on or before July 6. The primary is…

The Independent UK

Grand jurors: St. Louis prosecutor's actions 'reprehensible'

Members of a grand jury that indicted an investigator in the criminal case against former Missouri Gov_ Eric Greitens are urging a state disciplinary board to take stronger action against St_ Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, calling her conduct “reprehensible.”

Roll Call

Bipartisan criticism for Army’s housing budget - Roll Call

Senators criticized the Army for short-changing family housing in the service's fiscal 2023 budget request.

Benzinga

Music Fans Are Summer Lovin' Live Nation's $25 Concert Week Tickets To Shows Throughout US, Canada

Want to see Willie Nelson for $25? You can in Branson, Missouri this Saturday if you purchase a ticket during Live Nation’s Concert Week, May 4 to 10.

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‘Give love, show love, be love’: Condemned Missouri inmate’s haunting final words as he is executed by lethal injection

‘My hope is that one day the world will find peace and that we all will learn to be kind and loving to one another’

Evening Standard

Missouri man executed after death sentence overturned three times since 1996 crime

Carman Deck had his death sentence overturned three times and is the fifth person to be executed this year

Tribune News Service

Anti-death penalty activists rally as Missouri man is executed for double murder

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Citians came out in protest Tuesday ahead of the impending execution of Carman Deck, a 56-year-old man convicted of murdering two people in eastern Missouri who died by lethal injection at a state prison.

Daily Mirror

Executed double murderer picks exquisite final meal of ribeye steak and shrimps

Carman Deck, 56, who murdered elderly couple James and Zelma Long in 1996 was given a final meal of ribeye steak and shrimps before he was executed by lethal injection in Missouri

Daily Mirror

Carman Deck executed: Burglar who murdered elderly couple put to death in the US

Double murderer Carman Deck, 56, who killed elderly couple James and Zelma Long at the Missouri home in 1996 has been executed by lethal injection despite having had the decision overturned three times

The Independent UK

Teen appeared to fall out of Florida ride halfway in plunge

A 14-year-old Missouri boy who fell to his death from a 430-foot drop-tower ride in central Florida’s tourist district appeared to slip out of his seat at the halfway mark of its plunge to the ground

Ballotpedia

Signature deadline for Missouri ballot initiatives is May 8

The deadline to file signatures for citizen-initiated measures in Missouri is May 8 at 5 p.m. Campaigns could file signatures for at least two ballot initiatives – one to legalize marijuana and one to adopt top-four primaries and ranked-choice voting (RCV).

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