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Missouri Senate GOP factions on display during debate over defunding Planned Parenthood

2 years 3 months ago
A state Senate hearing on a medical provider tax devolved Wednesday into a fight over the political tactics of Missouri Right to Life, with a Democrat dropping an obscenity and Republicans slamming the group for injecting its anti-abortion politics into unrelated issues. Only one member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Republican Sen. Denny Hoskins of Warrensburg, defended the organization. A candidate in the Republican primary for secretary of state, Hoskins has been endorsed by Missouri…
Rudi Keller

Google Supports Oregon ‘Right To Repair’ Reform

2 years 3 months ago
Big tech companies have long attempted to monopolize repair options to boost their profits, whether we’re talking about tractors, phones, or game consoles. But in recent years companies like Apple and Microsoft appear to have realized that with state and federal lawmakers and regulators cracking down on this behavior, and right to repair seeing widespread, […]
Karl Bode

Missouri courts request $3.7M to continue arduous marijuana expungement process

2 years 3 months ago
Missouri circuit courts have cleared more than 100,000 marijuana charges from people’s criminal records so far — a mandate that was a big selling point for those who voted to pass the constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana in 2022. However, court officials said it’s hard to determine how many more charges are left because many court records are not digitized. The state initially identified digital cases that could potentially be eligible for expungement and gave that…
Rebecca Rivas