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Ethics committee dismisses complaint against lawmaker who investigated Dean Plocher 

1 year 2 months ago

The Missouri House Ethics Committee voted unanimously Thursday to dismiss a complaint filed against the Republican lawmaker who led the investigation of Speaker Dean Plocher.  State Rep. Hannah Kelly of Mountain View was appointed to lead the ethics committee by Plocher last year.  But the speaker soured on Kelly as she oversaw the panel’s months-long […]

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Federal court rules Missourians were illegally denied food aid by the state

1 year 2 months ago

A federal judge ruled Thursday that Missouri’s social services agency violated the law in the way it has administered its food assistance program.  U.S. District Court Judge M. Douglas Harpool ruled that the state’s practices — including long call center wait times and a lack of accommodations for those with disabilities — violate the laws […]

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Missouri's GOP Gov. Parson signs bill to kick Planned Parenthood off Medicaid

1 year 2 months ago
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday signed legislation to once again try to kick Planned Parenthood out of the state's Medicaid program. Parson's signature could mean Missouri joins a small band of states — Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas, according to Planned Parenthood — to have successfully blocked Medicaid funding [...]
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‘Manor Lords’ Developer Reacts To VR Mod: ‘I’m Impressed’

1 year 2 months ago
We’ve been talking a lot about video game mods recently, typically not for happy reasons. There is a spectrum out there when it comes to how developers and publishers react to organic modding communities that spring up around their games. On one end of the spectrum, typically inhabited by larger companies, are those that somehow […]
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