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Missouri DNC delegate says Project 2025 will attack union jobs
Six major labor union presidents have pledged support for Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Zack Dunn, a delegate and union worker from Columbia, is all in for Harris because he said that she is fighting for working families. “Through the Infrastructure and Chips Act,”...
Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement that would have halted execution
The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have spared the life of death row inmate Marcellus Williams and instead ordered a hearing to proceed on Williams' innocence claim, with just a little over a month to go before his scheduled execution.The ruling late Wednesday came hours after St. Louis County Circuit Judge Bruce Hinton approved a plan allowing Williams to enter a new no-contest plea to first-degree murder in the 1998 death of Lisha Gayle. Though Williams' lawyers said he still maintained he was innocent, the plea acknowledged evidence was sufficient for a conviction.Williams would have been sentenced...
Backers of new Missouri casino file lawsuit hoping to get on statewide ballot
A group hoping to build a new casino near the Lake of the Ozarks filed a lawsuit Tuesday arguing it collected more than enough signatures to earn a spot on the November ballot. The Osage River Gaming & Convention Committee is asking a judge to reverse a decision by the Missouri secretary of state’s office […]
Yes, Nukes Travel on Missouri Highways and You Should Be Afraid
Ever learn something that you wish you didn't know? This is one of those things for me. I've discovered more facts than I wanted to know about how nuclear weapons really are transported on Missouri highways and there are lots of legitimate reasons to be very afraid. The National Nuclear...
Abortion-rights proponents sue Missouri secretary of state over fair ballot language
Organizers behind an abortion-rights amendment that will appear on Missouri’s November ballot filed a lawsuit last week alleging the “fair ballot language” written by the secretary of state’s office is “intentionally argumentative” and bound to create confusion for voters. Amendment 3 asks voters if they want to legalize abortion up until the point of fetal […]
$3.7 million available to help food projects, here's how to apply
(KOAM) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Heartland Regional Food Business Center (RFBC) have announced over $3.7 million in Business Builder Grants intended to empower small, mid-sized, and diverse food and farm entrepreneurs across Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and northwest Arkansas.
The Woman Behind Fraudulent Graceland Estate Scheme Has Been Arrested
A woman named Lisa Jeanine Findley is at risk of spending 20 years in prison for identity theft and fraud after her attempt at scamming the Presley household over their Graceland property. The Missouri-based woman is now facing federal charges for posing as three different people to get millions of dollars and ownership interest in the estate.
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