Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga
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The Midwest Newsroom
Free birth, when a person gives birth without the help of a medical professional, has been popularized in recent years by influencers. Experts say it’s dangerous, but people who choose to give birth unassisted say the practice is often not as extreme as it seems — or is misunderstood.
Tatiana Lanzieri, MD, MPH
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Annelise Hanshaw
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Missouri Independent
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The legislation was intended to establish rules of the road for the crypto sector for the first time. But it suffered a stinging defeat in the Senate on Tuesday, with Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley and Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran voting with every Democrat against the bill. -
Wyandotte County voters will be asked in November's election if they want to add a special tax for health that could also support other services for unhoused residents. Currently, the county only offers a temporary shelter that's open on the winter's coldest nights. -
The state's education department slowed down its implementation of a rating system for public schools following pushback from school administrators about the metrics being used. -
Lee’s Summit police now require every police agency in the country to agree to a set of rules before allowing access to Flock data. The department says they may be ‘pioneers’ in this kind of data protection. -
The company Proper Brands operates a large plant in Rock Hill, Missouri, for growing marijuana and manufacturing cannabis products. Plaintiffs call the odors coming out of the plant "noxious." -
Voters approved a five-year infusion into the fund this summer. Now, affordable housing projects across are using the funds to serve some of the city’s most vulnerable families. -
The lawsuit accuses Secretary of State Denny Hoskins of trying to influence elections and conspiring to make up a whistleblower complaint. Another lawsuit filed against Hoskins accuses him of breaking state law in his actions around the congressional map referendum. -
Medical loan closets are growing across Kansas, lending out donated equipment including power chairs, crutches, CPAP machines and more for little or no cost. -
At the center of the case is a Missouri law that says the secretary of state must pay between $100 and $500 to an aggrieved person if the officeholder “neglect[s] or refuse[s] to perform any of the duties enjoined on him by law."
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