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Recreational Marijuana Makes it on the Missouri Ballot in November

Missouri voters will decide this November whether to legalize recreational marijuana, four years after they first approved the drug for medicinal use.

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Independent Missouri Senate Candidate John Wood.

Danforth PAC Bets Big on Independent Senate Candidate in Missouri

The political action committee backing independent Senate candidate John Wood is “in it to win it,” former Sen. Jack Danforth said a day after the PAC spent another $750,000 on TV ads to run before the Aug. 2 primary.

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An individual holds a lead pipe, a steel pipe and a lead pipe treated with protective orthophosphate.

‘Time Bomb’ Lead Pipes Set to be Removed. But First Water Utilities Have to Find Them

Water utilities have never been required to thoroughly inventory lead pipes except in a crisis. Health experts warn problems with these ‘underground poisonous straws’ can arise out of the blue

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GOP Infighting in the Missouri Senate Will Shape Primary Battles Across the State

Bad blood bedeviled the Missouri Senate for much of the last two years. And now it’s about to spill out onto the campaign trail in the upcoming primaries. 

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David Roland, treasurer of Better Elections Missouri, signs petition submission paperwork Sunday at the Secretary of State's office in Jefferson City.

Legal Marijuana, Ranked-choice Voting Initiatives Submitted for Missouri Ballot

Missourians this fall may have a chance to legalize adult marijuana use and change the way elections are conducted.

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