Opponents urged a Missouri House committee to leave the expiration date in place on laws targeting gender-affirming care for minors and transgender students.
The current law, which prevents minors from receiving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, is set to expire in August 2027. The Republican bills would get rid of the expiration date.
The former state senator’s announcement came two days after he lost to former Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder by a 36-32 vote of the Missouri Republican State Committee.
The Trump administration freeze of federal funding ended last week. But the confusion it caused reverberates across science and research in St. Louis, a hub of crop and biosciences.
Nancy Carolyn Nilhas (nee Brown), 87, of Festus, Missouri passed away peacefully on Friday, January 31, 2025. She is survived by her children, Randy, Scott (Diana) Nilhas and Sally (Richard) Manhart; her four grandchildren, Chad (Mechelle), Justin (Audree), Megan and…