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Posts Tagged ‘Missouri’

New Eric Greitens Abuse Allegations Reignite GOP Fears of Losing Missouri Senate Seat

By | March 22, 2022 | 0
Eric Greitens is directed to a press conference with the media after filing to run in the Missouri Senate primary on Feb. 22, 2022, at the James C Kirkpatrick State Information Center in Jefferson City.

The prospect of Eric Greitens capturing the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in Missouri was already terrifying to his party’s leaders. Those fears seemed to be confirmed on Monday, when the former governor’s ex-wife accused him of physically abusing her and his children.

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Federal Grand Jury Subpoenas Sought Records from Missouri Medical Marijuana Regulators

By | November 3, 2021 | 0
Man rolling a joint of medical marijuana.

Twice last year a federal grand jury demanded the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services turn over records pertaining to the medical marijuana program.

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Judge Rules Against AG Challenge to Masks in Missouri Schools. Columbia Case Continues

By | September 28, 2021 | 0
Boone County Circuit Judge Brouck Jacobs, center, listens to opening statements Tuesday as Solicitor General John Sauer argues for an order blocking mask rules in public schools.

Face masks will stay on for students and teachers in districts requiring them, a Boone County judge ruled Tuesday, handing Attorney General Eric Schmitt a defeat in his efforts to use the courts to block mask mandates.

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Once Upon a Time in Missouri: Republican Attorney General Backed Mandatory Vaccination

By | September 14, 2021 | 0
Mark Kirchhoff, left, a volunteer with Columbia Project Homeless Connect, speaks July 29, 2021 with Taylor Knoth, a public health nurse, at the registration table for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic.

During a 1921 smallpox outbreak in Kansas City, the state health board required vaccine passports to board trains. The case is pertinent in today’s COVID-19 vaccine debate.

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Exhibit on History of LGBTQ Rights Removed from Missouri Capitol

By | September 2, 2021 | 0
Missouri State Sen. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City.

A state senator from Kansas City is demanding answers about why an exhibit on the LGBTQ-rights movement was removed from the Missouri Capitol after only a few days on display.

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