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State Rep. Justin Sparks, R-Wildwood, fields questions from reporters during a press conference to address a transgender woman using the women's locker room at the Life Time fitness center in Ellisville, Mo., Friday, Aug. 2. (Ethan Colbert/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

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Missouri now requires proof of surgery or court order for gender changes on IDs
By SUMMER BALLENTINE - Associated Press
Mon,08/19/24-6:57PM , 97 Reads
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri residents now must provide proof of gender-affirmation surgery or a court order to update their gender on driver's licenses following a Revenue Department policy change.

Previously, Missouri required doctor approval, but not surgery, to change the gender listed on state-issued identification.
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Farmer John Boyd Jr., poses for a portrait during a break from bailing hay at his farm in Boydton, Va., Thursday, May 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

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Black and other minority farmers are getting $2 billion from USDA after years of discrimination
By SUMMER BALLENTINE - Associated Press
Wed,07/31/24-6:06PM , 106 Reads
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Biden administration has doled out more than $2 billion in direct payments for Black and other minority farmers discriminated against by the U.S.
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Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft speaks to reporters, June 29, 2022, at his state Capitol office in Jefferson City, Mo. A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, ruled against summaries — written by Republican Secretary of State Ashcroft — that described several abortion-rights amendments as allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.” (AP Photo/David A. Lieb, File)

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Missouri appeals court rules against ballot summary language that described 'dangerous' abortions
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Tue,10/31/23-4:39PM , 102 Reads
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court ruled Tuesday against Republican-written summaries of abortion-rights ballot measures that described several proposed amendments as allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.”
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A stack of the Marion County Record sits in the back of the newspaper's building, awaiting unbundling, sorting and distribution, Aug. 16, 2023, in Marion, Kan. The police chief who led a highly criticized raid of the small Kansas newspaper is suspended, the mayor confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday, Sept. 30. Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield in a text said he suspended Chief Gideon Cody on Thursday, Sept. 28. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

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The police chief who led a raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended
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Sat,09/30/23-3:30PM , 184 Reads
The police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended, the mayor confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday.
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