Anna Spoerre, Missouri Independent Missourians will have the opportunity to vote to enshrine abortion in the state constitution this November, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. In a decision published less than three hours before the constitutional deadline to remove a question from the ballot, the Supreme Court reversed a …
Read More »Missouri Becomes The 14th State With A Majority-Women Supreme Court
Candice Norwood Originally published by The 19th This week Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri appointed Judge Ginger Gooch to the state Supreme Court, solidifying a 4-3 woman majority on the bench. Missouri is one 14 states where women hold most of the seats on the highest courts. The move comes …
Read More »Missouri Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Medicaid Expansion
The Missouri Supreme Court Thursday unanimously reversed a lower court decision that found the state’s Medicaid expansion unconstitutional. The high court overruled Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem’s decision that upended the long-running push to add as many as 275,000 low-income Missourians to the government-run health insurance program. In doing …
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