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Missouri's Republican-led House on Monday voted down a proposed constitutional amendment for parent control and restrictions on how teachers talk about race and racism.
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Pandemic pushes Oregon’s public defender system to the brink
Oregon's public defender system has shown cracks for years, but a post-pandemic glut of delayed cases is exposing shocking constitutional landmines.
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Read More »Texas AG: State bar is suing him over 2020 election challenge
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Friday that the state bar plans to sue him over his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud.
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Read More »Grand jurors: St. Louis prosecutor’s actions ‘reprehensible’
Members of a grand jury that indicted an investigator in the criminal case against former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens urged a state disciplinary board to take stronger action against St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, calling her conduct “reprehensible.”
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Read More »Missouri House panel backs new plan for congressional seats
A Missouri House committee advanced a new plan for dividing up the state's congressional districts Wednesday, seeking to break a standoff with the Senate and avoid the need for court intervention to adopt voting districts for this year's elections.
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Read More »Intuit to pay $141M settlement over ‘free’ TurboTax ads
The company behind the TurboTax tax-filing program will pay $141 million to customers across the United States who were deceived by misleading promises of free tax-filing services, New York's attorney general announced Wednesday.
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Read More »Missouri set to ban most abortions if Roe falls
Missouri is slated to ban most abortions if the U.S. Supreme Court undoes Roe v. Wade, as a draft opinion leaked late Monday suggests.
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Read More »Missouri execution would be just fifth this year in the US
A man whose death sentence for killing a Missouri couple while robbing their home was overturned three times was scheduled to be executed on Tuesday.
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Read More »Supreme Court rules against Boston in Christian flag case
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that Boston violated the free speech rights of a conservative activist when it refused his request to fly a Christian flag on a flagpole outside City Hall.
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Read More »Redfin settles lawsuit alleging housing discrimination
Fair housing advocates on Friday announced a settlement agreement to resolve a lawsuit against real estate brokerage Redfin that will expand housing opportunities for consumers in communities of color in numerous major cities.
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Read More »Missouri House, Senate GOP push to ban transgender athletes
Missouri Republican state lawmakers on Thursday pushed to restrict transgender children's participation in sports, with the House passing a ban and the Senate debating a bill to strip funding from schools that allow transgender girls to play with other girls.
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