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(The Center Square) – A 2021 Missouri law invalidating federal gun laws was found unconstitutional on Monday for the second time by a federal court.

(The Center Square) – Missouri’s exports increased 13.1% from the second quarter of 2023 to the second quarter of this year and totaled slightly less than $10 billion as Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson completed his 11th trade mission earlier…

(The Center Square) – A 16-state coalition led by Texas has sued the Biden administration to stop a widespread amnesty plan from going into effect.

(The Center Square) – Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson expressed “extreme disappointment” in a letter to Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft for not approving an executive order to stop sales of food products with psychoactive cannabis.

(The Center Square) – Before children started riding buses to school this week for the first days of classes, the Missouri State Highway Patrol revealed approximately 11% of buses failed inspection or were taken out of service, according to an…

(The Center Square) – As parents make tuition payments to Missouri’s universities, they might wonder about their taxes paying for multi-story laboratory buildings and salaries of researchers.

(The Center Square) – As the border crisis continues, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security to learn how many foreign nationals the Biden-Harris administration is flying from the border to Missouri. He’s…

(The Center Square) – A coalition of states led by Kansas has sued the Biden-Harris administration to block the federal government from providing free health care through the taxpayer-funded Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, to foreign nationals in…

(The Center Square) – Bus transportation on the first day of school often has problems or miscommunication on new bus stops, changes in routes from last year and late arrivals.

(The Center Square) – Missouri’s job market might be following a national trend of cooling off as payrolls decreased in July, but unemployment was almost unchanged.

(The Center Square) – Missouri is spending $11 million for a nonprofit organization to mail a free book each month to all children up to age 5.

(The Center Square) – The co-owner of a health care company was sentenced to 20 months in prison and fined $100,000 for submitting $3.8 million in fraudulent claims to government health care benefit organizations.

(The Center Square) – Missouri voters will decide in November whether to allow sports wagering, increase the minimum wage and add abortion rights to the state constitution.

(The Center Square) – Jackson County leaders predicted higher taxes and litigation on Monday due to last week’s ruling by the Missouri State Tax Commission and the subsequent dismissal of a lawsuit.

(The Center Square) – Business and professional services contracted while consumer services expanded in July, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

(The Center Square) – Missouri Republican Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick had St. Louis Public Schools on his list for this year and a Democratic state representative affirmed immediate examination.

(The Center Square) – Despite an order by the Missouri Tax Commission for Jackson County to roll back property tax assessment values, it appears leaders are going to ignore the ruling.

(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Cori Bush warned her political enemies she has no restraints in her concession speech on Tuesday after losing to St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell in the Democratic Primary in the 1st District.

(The Center Square) – Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is leading a 20-state coalition opposing a Treasury Department claim that state laws preventing de-banking policies are a “national security threat.” The latest action is only an “attempt to stoke confusion…

(The Center Square) – Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe trailed Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft by 35 points 15 months ago but won the Republican nomination for Missouri governor on Tuesday with 39% of the vote.