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(The Center Square) — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill joined a 20-state coalition to question the American Academy of Pediatrics practices with child gender dysphoria.

(The Center Square) – Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has filed an amicus brief to a federal court, leading a coalition of 22 state attorneys general.

(The Center Square) - The Kansas City, Missouri, Auditor’s Office released a new audit this week looking at whether or not the city submits cost reimbursements for public projects funded through Tax Increment Financing promptly.

(The Center Square) – At a U.S. Senate Judiciary hearing on hate crimes, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-MO, sparred with the executive director of Arab American Institute, Maya Berry, over antisemitism occurring on college campuses.

(The Center Square) – Two Missouri men, one a current employee and the other a former employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, pleaded not guilty to charges of fraudulently obtaining federal pandemic loans.

(The Center Square) – Delays in childcare subsidy payments drew significant attention in Jefferson City during this week’s veto session in the Missouri House of Representatives.

(The Center Square) – The Missouri Supreme Court reversed a circuit court ruling and ordered Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft to put Amendment 3, an abortion rights initiative, on the November ballot.

(The Center Square) – Arguments begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the Missouri Supreme Court and a decision is due by 5 p.m. on whether voters see an amendment legalizing abortion on the November ballot.

(The Center Square) – Jackson County leaders filed a lawsuit to overturn the Missouri State Tax Commission’s order to roll back 2023 property tax assessment values.

(The Center Square) – Twenty-three states are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that the attorneys general say could be a threat to the energy industry.

(The Center Square) – U.S. District Court Judge J. Randal Hall issued a temporary restraining order Thursday against U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to stop a third attempt at forgiving student loans.

(The Center Square) – A lawsuit filed by seven Republican attorneys general is alleging U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is circumventing legal processes to cancel student loans.

(The Center Square) – Frequent review of Missouri’s maternal mortality rate is providing a focus on ways to address problems and implement solutions, including more focus on mental health care and tightening enforcement of seatbelt laws.

(The Center Square) – Voters will get a chance to approve a casino at the Lake of the Ozarks in November after a judge overturned the secretary of state’s ruling keeping it off the ballot.

(The Center Square) – After one state agency was stopped from prohibiting sales of products with hemp-derived compounds, another is moving forward and seeking the public’s help with enforcement.

(The Center Square) – Missourians will be able to continue purchasing foods, beverages and supplements with hemp-derived compounds due to conflicts surrounding a state order to stop sales.

(The Center Square) — Attorneys general from 17 states are suing to stop the federal government from implementing a program they say gives migrant agricultural workers rights that American citizens working farm jobs do not have.

(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a request from the Biden administration over a block of a student-loan forgiveness plan.

(The Center Square) – Lawsuits are challenging whether two initiatives should be on the Missouri ballot in November after they were certified by Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft.

(The Center Square) – Economic optimism showed a moderate increase as slight growth in the services sector was reported throughout the mountains and plains, according to a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.