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Critics say Big Pharma lobbyists are trying to confuse Missouri legislators with hot topics such as abortion access and illegal immigration in a last-ditch effort to stand in the way of the reduced-price medication 340B program.
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A GOP-sponsored bill would eliminate the formal process for 14- and 15-year-olds to work and only require a signed permission slip.
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Missouri is making efforts to integrate food-as-medicine strategies into the health-care system and exploring its impact on health equity through potential legislative action.
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The legislation comes after several unsuccessful attempts to stop public funds from going to abortion providers or affiliates through the budget process. The bill now goes to Gov. Mike Parson.
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Many uniformed officers gathered in a Senate committee room to show support for the law named after their “fallen brother.” Valentine’s Law increases the penalty for attempting to flee from law enforcement to a felony.
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The Senate begins work Tuesday on Missouri’s roughly $50 billion state budget, with questions still swirling around renewing a tax that funds Medicaid and a GOP infighting that could derail the process.
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Early Thursday afternoon, unseasonably warm and humid conditions in Southeast Missouri, spawned multiple severe thunderstorms and a few tornadoes.
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The legislation passed the Missouri House by the bare minimum on Thursday. It now goes to the governor’s desk.
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A bill protecting pesticide manufacturers from some lawsuits about warning labels has gained initial approval in the Missouri House. The bill protects manufacturers’ pesticides that have already been approved by the EPA from claims that they failed to warn consumers of possible cancer-risks.
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A Missouri House Committee approved a bill that clarifies a law that allows countries to freeze property taxes for seniors.