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Missouri Senators left for spring break a day early because of a Democratic filibuster on legislation that would bar transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming health care. That bill is expected to be debated this week.

Lawyers for St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner have asked a judge to throw out an effort by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to forcefully oust her from office, arguing that he has not met the high standard for removal under state law.

A federal judge this week struck down a Missouri law that banned state and local police from enforcing federal gun restrictions, but the state attorney general vowed to take the case to the Supreme Court if necessary. Plus: Black students in a Missouri school district want diversity programs — and the safe spaces they created — restored at their schools.

During a span of 71 years, most of the mounds in St. Louis left by Indigenous people from centuries earlier — some of which contained the remains of ancestors — were destroyed to make way for urban development. The ones that remain are left beneath bridges and inside parking garages.

Under the legislation, Missouri's governor would get to appoint four members to a St. Louis board of police commissioners. The state control system, which resembles the one that currently manages Kansas City Police, dates back to pro-slavery policies in the Civil War era.

After decades of planning and five years of construction, Kansas City has officially made the switch to its new airport terminal. Plus: Why the Missouri Attorney General's effort to remove the St. Louis prosecutor from office could have statewide implications.

Under the legislation, the governor would be able to appoint a special prosecutor for a period of up to five years in jurisdictions where homicide cases exceed a certain rate. Currently, only St. Louis falls under that requirement.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is seeking to force out Kim Gardner from her post as St. Louis Circuit Attorney. Experts believe the outcome could have major implications for legal precedent and public policy.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said Wednesday that he would file paperwork to start the process of removing St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from office if she did not resign by noon Thursday She did not resign and and called Bailey’s action politically motivated.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey says if St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner does not step down by noon on Thursday, he will use a provision of state law to try to force her from office.

When teenagers and young adults in Missouri and Kansas struggle with addiction and alcohol abuse, some turn to outpatient groups based on the idea that substance abuse treatment has to be fun and feel good for it to stick — but former clients say the programs pushed them into reckless behavior.

Jordan Teisher and Matthew Albrecht are leading efforts at the Missouri Botanical Garden to bring back plants that have been extinct in the wild for more than 100 years.