Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Tag: Missouri

Three months after Missouri voted to make abortion legal, access is...

Are anti-abortion lawmakers strategizing to prevent a return of abortion services?

In blow to GOP narrative, Missouri cut to jobless benefits not...

“It’s almost as if the pandemic unemployment benefits weren’t the issue.”

Kansas City, Missouri implements Zero Fare Transit; first major US city...

While other cities such as Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and Denver have floated around the idea, Kansas City is now the first U.S. city to offer fare-free transit.

Missouri’s last abortion clinic faces imminent closure. Meet one of the...

“This is harassment and attempted intimidation of doctors at the highest levels of government.”

Megadonor’s threat wasn’t enough to stop Missouri abortion ban

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday signed a bill into law that would ban abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy, defying a plea from a major megadonor.

Former county executive and chief of staff sentenced to prison

Michael Sanders defrauded political committees by converting campaign contributions for his personal use along with his then-chief of staff Calvin Williford.

Prosecutors drop felony charge after Missouri Governor resigns

In light of Eric Greitens’ recent resignation, the Missouri House committee is no longer pursuing impeachment proceedings against the former governor.

Missouri Governor indicted on another felony charge

While investigating the governor’s alleged crimes, a Missouri House committee is deciding whether or not to proceed with impeaching Greitens.

State of Missouri to execute Marcellus Williams despite exonerating DNA evidence

DNA evidence proves Williams’ innocence – Governor Greitens could commute his death sentence.

Family life without fossil fuels – slow and satisfying

A visit to the Possibility Alliance reminded me also that the one constant of life is change.

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Musk reinstates DOGE staffer who resigned over racist posts after Trump administration defends him

Musk and Trump officials dismiss racist posts as trivial while attacking journalists who exposed them.

America’s nuclear gamble: The dangerous push to resume atmospheric testing

Experts warn of catastrophic fallout as calls grow to restart nuclear weapons tests abandoned since 1963.

Elon Musk’s team decimates Education Department arm that tracks national school performance

Schools and districts across the country rely on research from the IES and contractors such as the American Institutes for Research to guide best practices in classrooms.

22 Republican Attorneys General sue New York over climate change Superfund Act

Legal challenge seeks to block state’s effort to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate damages.

Canada OKs ‘massive’ $20 billion loan for Trans-Mountain Pipeline

Critics say support for TMX means struggling Canadians end up paying the price as global fossil fuel companies “reap the rewards.”