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Posts Tagged ‘Politics’

Boone County Becomes Focus of Missouri Initiative Petition Campaigns Following Redistricting

By | June 7, 2024 | 0
Petitioners with Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages unload dozens of boxes of signatures to deliver to the Secretary of State.

The 2022 Missouri congressional map split Boone County in half. Will it make a difference in the effort to get abortion on the ballot in November?

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Kansas Lawmakers to Target Chiefs During Special Session

By | June 5, 2024 | 0
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes

Kansas lawmakers are pushing to discuss legislation to lure the Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri during an upcoming special session beginning June 18.

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Winners and Losers of Missouri’s 2024 Legislative Session

By | May 20, 2024 | 0
The Missouri House of Representatives commemorates the end of the 2024 legislative session by tossing hard copies of bills into the air upon adjournment.

Dysfunction defined the Missouri legislative session, which ended last week after passing the fewest bills in history. Here are the winners and losers.

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Campus Protests Over War in Gaza Echo Anti-Apartheid Era

By | May 9, 2024 | 0
A large white tent is covered with banners reading things like "stop the genocide" "Ceasefire now" "Let Gaza Live". Around the tent sit students wearing keffiyehs.

Campus protests at the University of Missouri and University of Kansas over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza echo anti-apartheid protests decades ago.

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The Missouri Legislature is Cutting Local Governments’ Power to Pass Their Own Laws

By | May 8, 2024 | 1
Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.

Republican statehouses like Missouri’s increasingly limit what rules places like Kansas City can adopt — typically shutting down more progressive policies.

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