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May 20, 2025 at 12:19 pm

Four-term US Sen. Christopher ‘Kit’ Bond remembered for training a generation of Missouri leaders VIEW

Christopher “Kit” Bond, a Republican who was Missouri’s youngest governor before serving four terms in the U.S. Senate, was remembered as a beloved statesman who...

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May 15, 2025 at 9:14 pm

As Trump targets DEI, Republican-led states intensify efforts to stamp it out

State efforts to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are accelerating during Donald Trump's second term.

May 15, 2025 at 8:10 am

More Republicans push to criminalize bringing immigrants in the US illegally across state lines

Alabama lawmakers have passed a bill that would make it a felony to knowingly bring someone into the state who is illegally in the U.S.

May 14, 2025 at 3:45 pm

Missouri lawmakers approve referendum to repeal abortion-rights amendment

Missouri lawmakers have approved a referendum seeking to repeal an abortion-rights amendment passed by voters six months ago.

May 12, 2025 at 8:47 am

Georgia becomes second US state to shield maker of Roundup weed killer from some cancer claims

Georgia has become the second state to provide a legal protections to the manufacturer of a popular weed killer.

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May 6, 2025 at 9:08 pm

Lawmakers seek to rein in citizen ballot initiatives with new requirements for petitions

Citizen activists could find it harder to get initiatives on next year's ballot in some states.

April 29, 2025 at 2:23 pm

Voters resoundingly backed paid sick leave. Now lawmakers in 3 states want to roll back the benefits

Voters in Alaska, Missouri and Nebraska overwhelmingly approved paid sick leave laws last year.

April 29, 2025 at 1:13 pm

Missouri court upholds voter approval of minimum wage and paid sick leave initiative

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a voter-approved ballot measure gradually raising the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour and requiring employers to provide...

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April 24, 2025 at 1:19 pm

North Dakota enacts nation’s first law shielding Roundup’s maker from some cancer lawsuits

North Dakota has become the first state to enact a law that could shield the maker of the popular Roundup brand of weedkiller from lawsuits.

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April 21, 2025 at 9:10 pm

Immigrants in the US unlawfully can drive legally in 19 states. Now some states want to stop them VIEW

A growing number of Republican-led states are taking aim at driver's licenses issued by other states to people in the U.S. illegally.