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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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Kansas state Rep. Stephanie Clayton, an abortion rights supporter who was a Republican and is now a Democrat, reacts as a referendum to strip abortion rights out of the state constitution fails.

Kansas Voters Overwhelmingly Say ‘No’ to Stripping Abortion Rights from the State Constitution

Kansas was the first state to vote on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. The vote preserves the right to an abortion in the Kansas Constitution.

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Democrats in Kansas received this unsolicited text message on Monday, which falsely claims that a “yes” vote protects reproductive rights.

Former U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp Connected to False Text About Kansas Abortion Amendment

Former U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp is behind the false text message about the Kansas constitutional amendment on abortion that enraged Democrats on Monday.

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Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, photographed on Monday, June 6, 2022, in St. Louis is the only abortion provider in Missouri.

curiousKC | What are Reproductive Rights?

“Reproductive rights” has been a Google search phrase more in the past couple of months than in the search engine’s history. Here’s why, and what it means.

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People at a rally for abortion access at Mill Creek Park near the Country Club Plaza.

Follow the Money: Who is Funding Kansas Abortion Amendment Ads?

Two organizations formed to campaign on either side of the abortion referendum on the Kansas ballot Tuesday have raised — and spent — more than $11 million between them since the start of the year.

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