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Gov. Parson appoints treasurer, first person of color to hold statewide office in Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday appointed Vivek Malek as the state’s next treasurer to succeed Auditor-elect Scott Fitzpatrick.

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Planned Parenthood begins telemedicine abortions in Kansas following key court ruling

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Telemedicine abortions have begun in Kansas, potentially making it easier for residents of Missouri and other nearby states with abortion bans to end their pregnancies, despite repeated efforts by Kansas legislators to prohibit the procedure.

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Missouri vs Wake Forest Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl Prediction Game Preview

Missouri vs Wake Forest game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl on Friday, December 23

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Updated Chiefs 53-man roster by jersey number for Week 15

Be sure you know all of the players on the #Chiefs' roster ahead of their Week 15 game with the #Texans.

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Congress OKs new law on tourist boats after Missouri tragedy

A bill requiring stricter safety rules in response to the 2018 deadly sinking of a tourist boat in Missouri is headed to President Joe Biden for his signature

The Independent UK

Four years after Missouri tragedy, Congress approves stricter rules for duck boats

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — More than four years after a tourist boat sank on Table Rock Lake killing 17 passengers, Congress has approved a set of stricter safety regulations for the vessels.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Wrongful conviction case judge: Was there 'rush' to convict?

The judge presiding over a hearing to determine if a Missouri man’s murder conviction should be overturned questioned if police and prosecutors “were in a little bit of a rush” to convict Lamar Johnson

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Missouri gets 10,000 public comments on new library rule labeled ‘political censorship’

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Amid mounting opposition, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office has received more than 10,000 public comments on its proposed rule that would threaten public libraries’ state funding for making “age-inappropriate materials” available to minors.

Tribune News Service

Transgender woman to be executed despite suffering brain damage as a child

Amber McLaughlin, 49, who was convicted of killing and raping Beverly Guenther on November 20, 2003, in St. Louis County, Missouri, US, has begged to be spared from the death penalty

Daily Mirror

Lamar Johnson denies role in killing that led to life term

A Missouri man seeking freedom after nearly three decades in prison for a murder he denies committing testified Thursday that he was with his girlfriend on the night of the crime, except for a few minutes when he stepped outside to sell drugs on a corner several blocks from where…

The Independent UK

An update on 153 state legislative leadership roles

Welcome to the Thursday, December 15, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Ballot measures on weed and abortion won in 2022. Now they're fueling a backlash

Right-leaning states moved to make ballot measures tougher to pass after success of voter initiatives on abortion rights, marijuana and Medicaid expansion. That's led to pushback from state lawmakers.

WEKU

Transgender inmate on Missouri's death row asks for mercy

The first openly transgender woman set to be executed in the U.S. is asking Missouri’s governor for mercy

The Independent UK

‘She was failed’: Missouri woman scheduled for execution next month asks for clemency

Attorneys for a transgender woman scheduled to be executed next month in Missouri are asking for clemency, in part because of her history of abuse and intellectual disability.

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Missouri Media Groups' Letter About Closure of Court Cases

From a letter (written by Mark Sableman of Thompson Coburn LLP), sent yesterday on behalf of the Missouri Broadcasters Association and Missouri Press Association to the Missouri Supreme Court, asking the court to create a rule "that governs the unusual circumstances when court hearings, files, or proceedings are closed to…

The Independent UK

Guilty plea on hate, arson charges in Islamic center fire

A man who set a fire that destroyed an Islamic center in southeast Missouri has pleaded guilty to hate crime and arson charges

Reason

The Supreme Court Will Hear a Second Challenge Over Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

As the Court agrees to take up yet another case against the Education Department's loan forgiveness plan, Biden's goal of forgiving billions in student loans seems increasingly doomed.

Sports Illustrated

College Hoops Should Prioritize Preserving Its Rivalries

As realignment and super conferences threaten the sport’s classic matchups, Missouri-Kansas was a reminder of the value of maintaining them.

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Lamar Johnson was convicted of murder before two people confessed to the same killing. Why is he still in prison?

‘This is just a moment I’ve always been waiting for. And I’ve been fighting for over 28 years’

The Independent UK

Missouri man seeks exoneration in murder; 2 others confessed

A hearing began Monday in a case that will decide if the conviction should be overturned for a Missouri man who has spent nearly three decades in prison for a murder that two other people have since confessed to committing

Tribune News Service

More states to consider extending postpartum Medicaid coverage beyond two months

Lawmakers in several conservative-led states — including Montana, Wyoming, Missouri, and Mississippi — are expected to consider proposals to provide a year of continuous health coverage to new mothers enrolled in Medicaid.

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Missouri Democrats could take abortion issue to voters. What would it look like?

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bolstered by an August vote that upheld the right to an abortion in Republican-controlled Kansas, abortion rights supporters are considering whether to seek a ballot initiative to restore abortion rights in Missouri.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Updated Chiefs 53-man roster by jersey number for Week 14

Be sure you know all of the players on the #Chiefs' roster ahead of their Week 14 game with the #Broncos.

The Independent UK

2 plead to misdemeanors in Missouri boarding school case

Two men charged with felony counts of abusing students at a private Christian boarding school in Missouri have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors, and the case against a third employee has been dropped

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Missouri man sentenced in Capitol riot case said Trump, others to blame for his actions

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Independence man sentenced Friday for breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6 blamed Trump, right-wing media and other elected officials — including Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley — for spreading the “Big Lie” that led to his actions.

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