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Deadline for Missouri’s new marijuana plain packaging is Sept. 1

1 week 5 days ago
Marijuana companies face a hard deadline to meet Missouri’s new plain packaging requirements on Sept. 1 — more than a year after the rule was initially put in place. For decades, there’s been a global movement urging “plain packaging” on tobacco products — or packaging with limited colors and frills — after numerous studies found it makes cigarettes less appealing to young people. Missouri is now a testing ground to see if plain packaging has the same impact for recreational marijuana. When…
Rebecca Rivas

Lawsuit seeks to knock Missouri abortion-rights amendment off Nov. 5 ballot

2 weeks ago
A pair of Republican state legislators and an anti-abortion activist filed a lawsuit Thursday asking a judge to block an abortion-rights constitutional amendment from appearing on the Nov. 5 ballot. State Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, state Rep. Hannah Kelly and Kelly Forck sued last year challenging the cost estimate for a proposed constitutional amendment rolling back Missouri’s ban on abortion. The campaign behind the proposal ultimately turned in enough signatures to earn a spot on the November…
Jason Hancock

Residents gathering signatures to recall Arnold City Council

2 weeks 1 day ago
It's been one week since Arnold residents turned out at City Hall to voice concerns about a new parkway project. The 2-mile project would connect Richardson Road to Highway 141, an effort the city describes as connecting the northern and southern commercial districts. "We have 38 homes, 38 families that might be displaced and several businesses that won't be in business anymore in Arnold," resident and community organizer Sarah Lurkins tells KSDK. Lurkins is one of 2,600 residents in the Facebook…
Tracy Hinson