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Missouri abortion-rights amendment faces last-minute legal challenges
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Both sides of the debate over whether to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri’s constitution have filed last-minute legal challenges hoping to influence how, and if, the proposal goes before voters.Missouri banned almost all abortions immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court
Missouri drug monitoring program taps Bamboo Health for operations
Every state but Missouri has operated a statewide prescription drug monitoring program for years. Now, the Show-Me state has come around to see the value of more advanced tracking controlled substances among registered providers. WHY IT MATTERS Bamboo Health, which develops technologies for behavioral health and substance use disorders, says it will transition the existing Saint
Missouri executes Kevin Johnson for killing officer in 2005
A Missouri inmate convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis-area police officer he blamed for the death of his younger brother was executed Tuesday, officials said.Kevin Johnson, 37, was put to death by lethal injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre. The execution began at 7:29 p.m., and Johnson was pronounced dead at 7:40
Missouri House votes to ban hair discrimination in schools
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Black Missouri school children no longer could be discriminated against for wearing natural hair under a bill advanced Monday in the state Legislature. The measure is aimed at helping kids who wear protective hairstyles such as afros, braids and twists to school. House members gave the measure initial approval in…
Missouri executes man said to be disabled despite calls for clemency from Pope Francis
A convicted murderer has been executed in Missouri after both the state's governor and the US Supreme Court declined to grant clemency sought by Pope Francis on the grounds that the man was intellectually disabled.Ernest Johnson, 61, was found guilty of killing three convenience store employees in 1994. He was injected with a lethal dose…
Missouri man executed for killing three workers in ’94 robbery
Missouri death row inmate Ernest Johnson. Photo / APWARNING: Graphic content.A Missouri man was put to death for killing three workers while robbing a convenience store nearly three decades ago, an execution performed over objections from racial justice activists, lawmakers and even the pope.Ernest Johnson died from an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison…
Missouri Intends to Execute a Disabled Man Today
Missouri Representatives Cori Bush and Emmanuel Cleaver, along with Pope Francis and an array of racial justice advocates, are begging Missouri Governor Mike Parson to halt the execution of Ernest Lee Johnson, a 61-year-old Black man with an intellectual disability who is scheduled to die by lethal injection this evening. The slated execution of Johnson,…
A Missouri hospital is giving employees panic buttons to address rising attacks on healthcare workers during the pandemic
A Missouri hospital reported a rise in attacks on staff by patients in 2020. By the end of the year, Cox Medical Center Branson will give up to 400 employees panic buttons. The panic buttons will be on their ID cards and will send a message to security for help. LoadingSomething is loading. A Missouri…