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Glenda Starke wears a transgender flag as a counter protest during a rally in favor of a ban on gender-affirming health care legislation, March 20, 2023, at the Missouri Statehouse in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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Missouri lawmakers ban transgender care, athletics
By SUMMER BALLENTINE - Associated Press
Wed,05/10/23-9:50AM , 162 Reads
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers approved significant restrictions on transgender people Wednesday, sending the Republican governor bills to ban gender-affirming health care and prevent transgender girls and women from playing on female sports teams.
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People applaud during a rally in favor of legislation banning gender-affirming healthcare for minors, Monday, March 20, 2023, at the Missouri Statehouse in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Missouri to restrict gender-affirming care for minors
By SUMMER BALLENTINE - Associated Press
Mon,03/20/23-5:39PM , 142 Reads
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican attorney general on Monday said he will limit access to gender-affirming care for minors, sidestepping the GOP-led Senate as it struggles to pass a law banning the practice for children completely.
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Police investigate the scene where an officer was shot in the leg in a parking lot, April 29, 2021, in St Peters, Mo. A federal judge ruled Tuesday, March 7, 2023, that a Missouri law banning local police form enforcing federal gun laws is unconstitutional. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, File)

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US judge strikes down Missouri gun law as unconstitutional
By SUMMER BALLENTINE - Associated Press
Tue,03/07/23-1:10PM , 133 Reads
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri law banning local police from enforcing federal gun laws is unconstitutional and void, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes ruled the 2021 law is preempted by the federal government under the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause.
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Missouri state Rep. Kevin Windham speaks to reporters during a press conference Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in the House Lounge of the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. Missouri faith leaders, activists and elected officials have accused the Republican-led House of silencing Black Missourians after leaders shut down a Black lawmaker’s speech. Dozens of protesters rallied Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, outside the Capitol. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb, File)

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Activists rally behind Missouri lawmaker cut off in debate
By SUMMER BALLENTINE - Associated Press
Wed,02/15/23-3:24PM , 79 Reads
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