Missouri’s AG has yet provide any evidence to support her accusation that the company hired to collect signatures for a referendum is engaging in human trafficking. It’s the latest in a deluge of GOP attacks on the campaign seeking to force a vote on the state’s congressional map. #moleg #mogov

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Many undocumented mothers in Missouri are foregoing medical care out of fear of being detained and deported. And few who work with immigrants were willing to speak on the record, fearful that federal agents could target their offices or the government could restrict funding. #moleg #mogov

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A federal lawsuit alleges a lack of reasonable action by the Missouri Department of Mental Health has turned jails into "de facto mental health wards." #moleg #mogov

Cole County Circuit Court Judge Brian Stumpe must determine whether the use of state funds for MOScholars harms taxpayers and if state law permits the program to use general revenue. #moleg #mogov

A federal judge promised Tuesday that he would decide whether or not to block a referendum on Missouri’s gerrymandered redistricting map before petitions to force a vote are submitted. #moleg #mogov

One person who spoke with/The Independent pays $295 per month for health insurance. Next year, if Congress extends current subsidies, it will be $479. If the subsidies go away Jan. 1, the price will be $1,216 per month, a 312% increase. #moleg #mogov

Two-day trial reveals inner workings of Missouri private school voucher program #moleg #mogov

Missouri has been working on updating its computer systems to improve how it administers social safety net programs since 2013. New federal rules mean that work will wait until at least 2028. #moleg #mogov

Advanced Micro Targeting says it has not heard anything from Missouri AG Catherine Hanaway since she alleged, w/o providing evidence, that the company employed undocumented immigrants. The company said every employee is a legal worker checked thru the federal E-verify system. #moleg #mogov

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway on Thursday joined a growing number of government agencies investigating the makers and sellers of a product called 7-OH for engaging in what she called “unlawful” practices. #moleg #mogo

A federal lawsuit accuses four consulting firms of offering thousands of dollars to signature gatherers to abandon their work, badmouth their employer and provide "intelligence" to opponents of the referendum campaign. #moleg #mogov

Opponents of a referendum on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map are offering “huge sums of money” to signature gatherers in an effort to undermine the petition drive, according to accusations in a federal lawsuit. #moleg #mogov

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is asking a federal court to roll back the FDA’s recent decision to approve a new generic brand of mifepristone, an effort to limit access to medication abortion nationwide. (@missouriindependent.com)

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A St. Louis jury awarded a California cannabis consultant $3 million on Thursday, following a four-day trial where he argued a 2022 lab accident ended his career in the marijuana industry. #moleg #mogov

Trial set to begin in lawsuit challenging legality of Missouri private school voucher program #moleg #mogov

Mark Avent says a mishandled vacuum at a St. Louis marijuana cultivation site sent marijuana dust into the air, triggering a medical emergency that ended his career in the cannabis industry. #moleg #mogov

Republicans have been trying since 2006 to enact the photo ID requirement in Missouri. Prior to the 2022 law, every attempt had been rebuffed by the courts. #moleg #mogov

Missouri will try to seize assets owned by China to collect a $24 billion default judgment in its case accusing the Asian nation of lying to the world about the COVID-19 pandemic that began in Wuhan, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said. #moleg #mogov

Kansas, Missouri GOP officials agree to share voter registration details of 6 million people #moleg #mogov

Missouri AG Catherine Hanaway is asking a federal court to roll back the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to approve a new generic brand of mifepristone, her first foray into a lawsuit filed by her predecessor to limit access to medication abortion nationwide. #moleg #mogov

Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves #moleg #mogov

U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt has been an outspoken critic of antisemitism when it emerges from the left. But as Republicans spar over the mainstreaming of extremist figures among their own ranks, Schmitt is keeping quiet #moleg #mogov #mosen

The fight over Missouri’s gerrymandered redistricting map is drawing millions in donations from dark money groups on the right and left — including $2 million over the weekend from a pair of Republican nonprofits. #moleg #mogov

Missouri still among worst states for infant, maternal health as new Medicaid cuts loom #moleg #mogov

Missouri babies and mothers continue to die at higher rates than the national average, a new March of Dimes report found. #moleg #mogov

A Korean War veteran from Nebraska named Russell Wood made 35 donations totaling $1,050 over the last year to Bill Eigel’s campaign for St. Charles County executive. The problem is, Wood, who is 92, has never heard of Eigel or set foot in St. Charles County. #moleg #mogov

A new political action committee funded by the national Republican Party won a delay Thursday in a trial over the effort to force a statewide vote on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional district map. #moleg #mogov

Union mechanics at Boeing Defense in the St. Louis area approved a new contract Thursday, ending a three-month strike. #moleg #mogov

The off-and-on freeze of benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, that serves about 42 million people, was among the most consequential effects of the record-setting shutdown. Roughly 1 in 8 Americans use SNAP to help buy groceries. #moleg #mogov

As petitioners gather signatures for a possible referendum on Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map, attorneys battled over the meaning of words that govern the redistricting process. One big dispute was over how to interpret words that are not in the Missouri Constitution. #moleg #mogov

A summary of the bill says the new language would prevent “the unregulated sale of intoxicating hemp-based or hemp-derived products, including Delta-8, from being sold online, in gas stations, and corner stores, while preserving non-intoxicating CBD and industrial hemp products.” #moleg #mogov

State officials estimated last year that 40,000 food establishments and smoke shops and 1,800 food manufacturers were selling products that would be banned under the proposed federal regulations. #moleg #mogov

More than 3,000 immigrants who are in Missouri legally but are not citizens are expected to lose eligibility for the nation’s largest federal food assistance program this month. Another 6,000 could lose benefits in the coming months. #moleg #mogov

PAC tied to Jay Ashcroft’s 2024 Missouri governor campaign fined for violating ethics laws #moleg #mogov

The number of Hepatitis C infections in pregnancy increased tenfold from 2000 to 2019. Legislative solutions helped paved the way for a new ‘meds to beds’ program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis that’s bringing better access to a cure. #moleg #mogov

Many are grappling with financial uncertainty of investing their life savings as they work to make their marijuana businesses a success #moleg #mogov

The Trump administration has instructed states that authorized full November nutrition assistance benefits to return a portion, another unprecedented reversal for a program that helps 42 million people afford groceries. #moleg #mogov

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Researchers and business leaders warn that discriminatory laws are pushing LGBTQ+ Missourians and employers to leave, hurting the state’s economy. #moleg #mogov

Missouri anti-LGBTQ+ laws linked to population loss and decline in tax revenue, studies find #moleg #mogov

If Missouri’s newly gerrymandered congressional map makes it to the ballot next year, Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins wants to tell voters it “better reflects statewide voting patterns” and replaces a “gerrymandered” version that “protects incumbent politicians.” #moleg #mogov

Missouri voters approve four-day school week in two districts, showing rising support #moleg #mogov

The exact number of abortions provided since the passage of Amendment 3 is not yet available. But Sam Lee, a longtime anti-abortion advocate with Campaign Life Missouri, said it seems to be “nowhere near what we had anticipated or what the supporters of Amendment 3 had anticipated.” #moleg #mogov

Missouri legalized abortion 1 year ago. Here’s what’s happened since the landmark vote #moleg #mogov

Missouri Capitol still can’t shake its culture of disrespect #moleg #mogov

Five Democratic senators pilloried the plan for replacement workers as potentially putting the nation’s military at risk while U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley demanded the company negotiate in good faith with striking workers. #moleg #mogov