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A new Missouri inspection report highlights the chaos that ensued after St. Louis’ largest nursing home closed without warning last month, forcing more than 170 residents to be evacuated. Northview Village closed suddenly on Dec. 15 as the company that owned it struggled to meet payroll. The report from the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services released Wednesday spells out the financial trouble that prompted the closure. At the time, phone lines went down, prohibiting the 174 residents from communicating with relatives. Some began stealing from inside the nursing home, and nine people got stuck in an elevator. Two residents went missing, including a man with schizophrenia who wasn't found until three weeks later.
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Thirty-five Democrats and 10 Republicans in the Kansas House introduced a resolution condemning the Aug. 11 raid of the Marion County Record's offices, the home of its publisher and the home of a city council member in Marion in central Kansas.
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Dozens of Kansas lawmakers have launched an effort to direct the state’s attorney general to release information from an investigation of a police raid last year on a weekly newspaper.
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The Kansas City Star reports that 60 corrections officers and other staff members signed onto a letter to Gov. Mike Parson in support of Brian Dorsey.
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Missouri abortion-rights campaign backs proposal to enshrine access but allow late-term restrictionsA competing Missouri amendment proposed by a Republican would allow abortions in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
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States are seeing increased demand for loans amid high federal interest rates.
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What's expected to be an expensive and bitter fight over Missouri abortion-rights ballot measures so far has not attracted much money.
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The initiative is an attempt to sidestep the Missouri Senate, where bills to allow betting have repeatedly stalled.
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The so-called swatting attacks have been targeting public officials across the U.S.
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Many in northern Missouri remain without power as Macon Electric crews worked through the night, and warming centers have been set up across the region for anyone needing shelter.