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Courtesy of Tim Bommell, Missouri House Communications/The bill directs the Missouri Department of Corrections to establish a nursery within a women’s correctional facility by July 2025, and allow incarcerated women to stay with their newborns for their first 18 months. -
U.S. Department of Labor/U.S. Department of LaborWatchdogs say the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) should have collaborated more to protect workers at meatpacking plants during the pandemic.
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Various student organizations at Southeast joined in efforts to recognize 'Denim Day'— an international education campaign for sexual assault awareness, originating in Italy. In addition to 'Denim Day'-specific activities, Southeast’s event also served as a general sexual assault awareness and education day, ending with a 'unity walk' across campus in solidarity with survivors. -
On the Ozark National Scenic Riverway, NPS Road 123— known locally as 'Tram Road' located near Van Buren, Missouri, has been closed. The collapse is likely due to saturation from recent heavy rainfall and moisture.
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Joe Biden granted clemency for the first time in his presidency Tuesday. He focused his attention commuting the sentences of people convicted of low-level, nonviolent drug offenses. Five are from Missouri.
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The Missouri Supreme Court sent a case involving the Second Amendment Preservation Act back to a lower court on Tuesday. The ruling lets St. Louis and Jackson County argue that the law, which prevents police in Missouri from cooperating with federal officials to enforce gun regulations, is unconstitutional.
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April 16th was National Health Care Decisions Day, and groups in Missouri urged residents to make a plan for their end-of-life care in case they are not able to express their wishes.
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Just days after a judge dismissed similar charges, Eric Schmitt is pursuing a criminal case against three men involved in the fatal sinking of a Ride the Ducks boat on Table Rock Lake in 2018.
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About half of all people released from prison in Missouri return within five years. But decades of research has shown prison education programs can help break the cycle.
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A report by a structures specialist who responded to the collapse says it appears support columns were not properly anchored to the floor.
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A state hearing panel was asked to issue a reprimand, the lowest level of formal disciplinary action. It will issue its decision in the next 30 days, though the Missouri Supreme Court will have the final say.
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For more than three years, Missouri officials have been finding, tracking and testing the state's backlog of thousands of unaccounted-for kits, which are used to identify rapists and people who commit sexual assault. The Attorney General's office announced Monday that the state has sent 3,298 kits to labs for DNA testing.
