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Missouri leans on disputed mental health claims in defense of strict abortion laws

4 months 3 weeks ago
KANSAS CITY — The first slate of witnesses from the Missouri Attorney General’s office in the fight to uphold statewide abortion regulations offered testimony that professionals and scientific studies have long disputed, including claims about mental health outcomes and abortion medication.  It’s the second week of a 10-day bench trial that will be decided by […]
Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Anna Spoerre

Missouri can’t build higher education performance funding on editable grades

4 months 3 weeks ago
Missouri is moving toward higher-stakes “performance funding” for higher education, where appropriations rise or fall with completion rates, job outcomes, and other measurable outputs—while also pressing an aggressive workforce agenda built on “job-ready” credentials. That combination creates a threshold integrity problem Missouri has not yet confronted: if the state is going to pay for “outcomes,” […]
Emir Phillips