Author: Summer Ballentine
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Trump wins caucuses in Missouri and Idaho and sweeps Michigan GOP convention
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Donald Trump has won the Republican caucuses in Idaho and Missouri and he’s captured all 39 delegates that were up for grabs at the Michigan party convention
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Gun rights are expansive in Missouri, where shooting at Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade took place
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A shooting that wounded more than 20 people and killed one during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade occurred in a state with few gun regulations and historic tension over how cities handle crime
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Judge halts Missouri rule limiting transgender health care
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CLAYTON, Mo. • A Missouri judge Wednesday temporarily halted a first-of-its-kind rule restricting access to gender-affirming health care for transgender kids and adults, just hours before it was set to take effect. St. Louis County Circuit Judge Ellen Ribaudo put Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s emergency rule on transgender health care on hold until at…
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Mo. gov. Parson slams paper for uncovering data security flaw
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. • Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday condemned one of Missouri’s largest newspapers for exposing a flaw in a state database that allowed public access to thousands of teachers’ Social Security numbers, even though the paper held off from reporting about the flaw until after the state could fix it. Parson said…
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Federal judge blocks Missouri’s 8-week abortion ban
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. • A new Missouri ban on abortions at or after eight weeks of pregnancy won’t take effect Wednesday after a federal judge temporarily blocked it from being implemented. U.S. District Judge Howard Sachs put a pause on the law as a legal challenge against it plays out in court, which could take…
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Police arrest more than 80 amid violent St. Louis protests
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ST. LOUIS — Hundreds of riot police mobilized in downtown St. Louis overnight, arresting more than 80 people and seizing weapons amid reports of property damage and vandalism following another day of peaceful protests over a former police officer’s acquittal in the killing of a black man. The arrests late Sunday came after demonstrators ignored…
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St. Louis area faces big cleanup effort after flooding
As the Mississippi River and its tributaries retreated from historic winter levels that flooded towns, forced evacuations and killed two dozen people, residents in the St. Louis area were facing a massive cleanup and recovery effort that will likely last weeks. “The healing process, the restoration process has begun,” Chris Greenhagen, pastor of the Central…