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Missouri treasurer’s office posted MOScholars student data on its website for nearly a year

1 month 4 weeks ago
The Missouri State Treasurer’s Office inadvertently posted a directory of students enrolled in the state’s private school voucher program on its website for almost a year, even as it repeatedly denied lawmakers’ requests for the same information. The data, which covered the first three years of the MOScholars program, included students’ names, their parents’ email […]
Annelise Hanshaw

If pregnancy centers get public money, they should meet medical standards

1 month 4 weeks ago
You live in rural Missouri. A home pregnancy test turns positive — it’s your first pregnancy. The nearest maternity care is over an hour away. Then you see a building nearby labeled “Pregnancy Center.” It looks like a clinic, so you walk in. They perform an ultrasound and reassure you that everything looks normal. Two […]
Priya Pal

Bill requiring sex-based restrooms, dorms clears Missouri House

1 month 4 weeks ago
The Missouri House passed a bill Monday that would force entities receiving state funding to restrict usage of restrooms, changing areas and sleeping accommodations based on biological sex and codify definitions for “female,” “male” and “sex” throughout state statute. State Rep. Becky Laubinger, a Republican from Park Hills, pitched the legislation as a “vital protection […]
Annelise Hanshaw

Warmer temperatures midweek, dry until Friday

1 month 4 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - As winds swing to out of the south this Tuesday morning, we aren’t as cool out the door. We will be warmer Tuesday afternoon, with highs pushing closer to 80 F. Our winds will gust to about 25 mph before easing overnight. We’ll wake up Wednesday in the 50s. Another warm, quiet [...]
Angela Hutti