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Homeowners trying to escape ‘We Buy Ugly Houses’ deals find little relief in state, federal laws

2 years 7 months ago

This story was originally published by ProPublica. As soon as Lisa Casteel learned her 78-year-old mother had agreed to sell her Kansas City home to a “We Buy Ugly Houses” franchise for far below its market value, she contacted the buyer to halt the deal. In her letter to the company, she invoked a Kansas […]

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Anjeanette Damon

False fraud claims a focus of Rudy Giuliani’s 2020 Missouri testimony, St. Louis defamation suit

2 years 7 months ago

Weeks after former President Donald Trump lost his bid for a second term, the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election found its way to Missouri.  Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and one of Trump’s lawyers, appeared via Zoom before a Missouri House oversight committee in December 2020 to […]

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Jason Hancock

The pride of Peru, Illinois: The Pistol Shrimp

2 years 7 months ago
PERU, ILLINOIS — If you’ve never seen a “fish out of water,” you just may want to visit Peru, Illinois, where -- on any given afternoon this summer -- you may see four of them. “It’s definitely a big culture change for sure,” said Tobey Jackson, 19, one of four college baseball players who are [...]
Photojournalist Kevin Doellman

Missouri takes steps to address school safety largely through its budget

2 years 7 months ago

The top priority of many Missouri parents and educators is school safety, according to a survey presented at the latest State Board of Education meeting. But statewide safety improvements for schools didn’t garner much traction during the legislative session that ended in May, with most proposals dying without ever making it to the full House […]

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Annelise Hanshaw