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New Missouri-based newsroom focuses on health and justice

The Missouri Foundation for Health is partnering with The Marshall Project on the launch of a St. Louis nonprofit newsroom highlighting the legal system’s effect on health, especially in marginalized communities. The Marshall Project focuses on investigative, data-driven journalism to explain the justice system, especially to those affected by it. With the foundation’s support, its St. Louis […]

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GOP bill in Missouri would funnel more tax money to anti-abortion pregnancy centers

Freshman Missouri state Rep. Christopher Warwick (R-Bolivar) introduced a bill last month that will allow residents to avoid paying any state income taxes if they donate to anti-abortion pregnancy resource centers.

Missouri House panel takes up key election bills
Missouri GOP proposes ‘eHarmony for babies’ to track pregnant women

Missouri state Rep. Phil Amato (R-Arnold) has introduced House Bill 807, a bill that would establish a database to track pregnant women who may be “at risk for seeking an abortion.”

St. Louis shelters face higher demand and fewer donations during cold snap
Missouri GOP lawmakers propose renaming highways after Trump — except in areas that voted for Harris

Republican lawmakers in Missouri have introduced legislation to rename several stretches of highways in the state after President-elect Donald Trump.

Missouri launches summer food aid for kids relying on school meals
Missouri Republican proposes bounty hunter program to capture undocumented immigrants

Missouri state Sen.-elect David Gregory (R) has introduced a series of extreme anti-immigration provisions, including establishing a bounty program to help locate illegal immigrants.

Missouri GOP angles to restrict abortion after voters enshrine it into state’s constitution

A month after Missouri voters enshrined abortion rights into state law, Republican lawmakers have introduced several bills to restrict the procedure again.

Josh Hawley reelected in Missouri Senate race

In a decisive victory, incumbent Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley (R) secured re-election, reaffirming the Republican stronghold in Missouri politics.