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Editorial Roundup: Missouri

Kansas City Star. May 17, 2023. Editorial: Kansas and Missouri US senators’ debt ceiling threat is destructive and hypocritical If America defaults on its debts sometime in the next few … more

By The Associated Press | 5/23/23

Editorial Roundup: Kansas

Kansas City Star. May 17, 2023. Editorial: Kansas and Missouri US senators’ debt ceiling threat is destructive and hypocritical If America defaults on its debts sometime in the next few … more

By The Associated Press | 5/23/23

FILE - Chloe Cole, center, is recognized by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a joint session for his State of the State speech Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2023 at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. At left, is Florida first lady Casey DeSantis. Cole received puberty blockers when she was 13, and underwent a double mastectomy at 16. Now she is an advocate against allowing those procedures on children. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

Meet the influential new player on transgender health bills

A nonprofit that describes itself as a collection of doctors and others uniting to “protect healthcare from a radical, divisive, and discriminatory ideology” has become a significant presence in … more

By JEFF McMILLAN and KIMBERLEE KRUESI | 5/20/23

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds up bills he signed during a bill signing ceremony at the Coastal Community Church at Lighthouse Point, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Lighthouse Point, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Here are the restrictions on transgender people that are moving forward in US states

Hundreds of measures targeting transgender people have been proposed in statehouses this year, and several have moved forward this week. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a ban on gender-affirming … more

By ANDREW DeMILLO | 5/18/23

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

Kansas City Star. May 11, 2023. Editorial: Kansas and Missouri US senators’ debt ceiling threat is destructive and hypocritical If America defaults on its debts sometime in the next few … more

By The Associated Press | 5/16/23

Editorial Roundup: Kansas

Kansas City Star. May 11, 2023. Editorial: Kansas and Missouri US senators’ debt ceiling threat is destructive and hypocritical If America defaults on its debts sometime in the next few … more

By The Associated Press | 5/16/23

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 1, 2023. Editorial: Proposal would suppress Missourians’ voices, not confront illegal voting The effort by Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature to overhaul … more

By The Associated Press | 5/9/23

FILE - Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks to reporters after taking the oath of office in Jefferson City, Mo., on Jan. 3, 2023. The Missouri ACLU on Monday, April 24, sued to block new state restrictions on both adults and children seeking gender-affirming health care, which are set to kick in Thursday. They argue that Bailey has no authority to use a state consumer-protection law to regulate gender-affirming care through emergency rule-making. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb, File)

Judge extends suspension of Missouri AG's transgender rule

A judge has extended her order barring enforcement of a unique rule pushed by Missouri’s Republican attorney general that would require adults and children to undergo more than a year of therapy … more

By JIM SALTER | 5/4/23

Secretary of State launches local records database

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft this week announced the launch of the new County and Municipal Records Database created by the Missouri State Archives, a division within his office. more

5/4/23

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

Kansas City Star. April 26, 2023. Editorial: Missouri school’s first Black coach forced out. Was it his style — or is race involved? How does a successful basketball coach — the first … more

By The Associated Press | 5/2/23

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Public encouraged to contribute to household internet survey

A survey about household internet access and use is underway through May 10 by the Missouri Office of Broadband Development and the University of Missouri Extension, intended to gather information from the public to guide Missouri's internet expansion. more

BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON, KIMBERLYL@WPDAILYQUILLNET | 4/27/23

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

Kansas City Star. April 20, 2023. Editorial: Biden isn’t banning gas stoves. But facts don’t stop Missouri and Kansas GOP outrage It’s not a surprise anymore when prominent politicians … more

By The Associated Press | 4/25/23

Editorial Roundup: Kansas

Kansas City Star. April 20, 2023. Editorial: Biden isn’t banning gas stoves. But facts don’t stop Missouri and Kansas GOP outrage It’s not a surprise anymore when prominent politicians … more

By The Associated Press | 4/25/23

This booking photo provided by the Clay County, Mo., Sheriff's Office shows Andrew Lester. Lester, the 84-year-old man charged in the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl in Kansas City, turned himself in Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the Clay County Detention Center, the sheriff's office said. Lester surrendered a day after being charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. (Clay County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Common mistakes, uncommon reactions in 3 separate shootings

In the span of six days, four young people across the U.S. have been shot — one fatally — for making one of the most ordinary mistakes in everyday life: showing up at the wrong place. A man shot … more

The Associated Press | 4/19/23

FILE - State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh speaks before the Nebraska Legislature on March 13, 2023, at the Nebraska State Capital in Lincoln, Neb. Cavanaugh has been an integral part of an effort to filibuster nearly every bill before then Nebraska Legislature this year. Nebraska lawmakers finally passed a single bill Monday, April 17, with 26 days left in the 90-day legislative session. The Legislature in any other year would have passed dozens of bills by now, but has been hamstrung by progressive lawmakers protesting conservatives’ push to pass a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. (AP Photo/Margery Beck, File)

With 26 days left in session, Nebraska lawmakers pass 1 bill

With only 26 days left in the 90-day legislative session, Nebraska lawmakers have finally passed a single bill. Now they have only about 200 left to go. The Legislature in any other year would have … more

By MARGERY A. BECK | 4/18/23

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

Kansas City Star. April 13, 2023. Editorial: Missouri and Kansas AGs want to block abortion pill — for democracy, says Kris Kobach If in the near future the U.S. Supreme Court decides to … more

By The Associated Press | 4/18/23

Editorial Roundup: Kansas

Kansas City Star. April 13, 2023. Editorial: Missouri and Kansas AGs want to block abortion pill — for democracy, says Kris Kobach If in the near future the U.S. Supreme Court decides to … more

By The Associated Press | 4/18/23

Jay Devineni, right, a student at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, talks with fellow medical school student Supriya Vuda in the hallway of the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo., on March 28, 2023. Devineni and Vuda testified against legislation in a Senate committee that would restrict diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in medical schools and among health care providers. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

GOP states targeting diversity, equity efforts in higher ed

Republican governors and lawmakers are increasingly targeting “diversity, equity and inclusion” initiatives in public colleges and universities. An Associated Press analysis identified more than … more

By DAVID A. LIEB | 4/17/23

Brighton's Julio Enciso, centre top celebrates while sitting on the shoulders of a team mate after scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Brighton and Hove Albion at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Saturday, April 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

AP News Digest 6 p.m.

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan. … more

4/15/23

FILE - Glenda Starke wears a transgender flag as a counterprotest during a rally in favor of a ban on gender-affirming health care legislation, March 20, 2023, at the Missouri Statehouse in Jefferson City, Mo. Minors in Missouri soon will be required to undergo 18 months of therapy before receiving gender-affirming health care under an emergency rule released Thursday, April 13, 2023, by the state's Republican attorney general. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Transgender adults brace for treatment cutoffs in Missouri

An emergency rule introduced this week by Missouri’s Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey will impose numerous restrictions on both adults and children before they can receive puberty-blocking … more

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and DAVID A. LIEB | 4/14/23