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US Economy · MissouriMissouri voters on Wednesday got a step closer to getting to decide whether to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, after a group behind the effort said it turned in nearly double the required number of signatures.See the Story
Campaign to raise Missouri's minimum wage to $15 an hour confident it will get on the ballot
62% Center coverage: 8 sources
Black Lives Matter · Kansas CityThe family of the Black teenager who was shot in the head after ringing the doorbell of the wrong home in Kansas City, Missouri, last year, filed a lawsuit Monday on his behalf against the White man who shot him and the residential homeowners association where the house is located.
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Family of Black teen shot in head after ringing doorbell of wrong home sues gunman and HOA
57% Center coverage: 40 sources
Black Lives Matter · St. LouisA St. Louis judge has awarded nearly $23.5 million to a former police officer who was beaten by colleagues while working undercover during a protest in 2017. Luther Hall was badly injured in the attack during one of several protests that followed the acquittal of former St. Louis officer Jason Stockley on a murder charge over the death of a Black man. See the Story
Judge awards $23.5 million to undercover St. Louis officer beaten by colleagues during protest
58% Left coverage: 12 sources
Transgender · MissouriBefore his transgender daughter was suspended after using the girls’ bathroom at her Missouri high school. Before the bullying and the suicide attempts. Before she dropped out. Before all that, Dusty Farr was — in his own words — “a full-on bigot.” By which he meant that he was eager to steer clear of anyone LGBTQ+.See the Story
As his trans daughter struggles, a father pushes past his prejudice. 'It was like a wake-up'
53% Center coverage: 17 sources
Missouri Politics · MissouriA Missouri man was executed Tuesday for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago in an attack that left the couple’s 4-year-old daughter home alone and unharmed.
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Missouri man executed for killing his cousin and her husband in 2006
43% Center coverage: 30 sources
Joe Biden · United StatesSeven states announced Tuesday they were suing the Education Department over President Joe Biden's SAVE income-driven repayment student loan plan, adding to a previous lawsuit by numerous other states.See the Story
7 more states sue over Biden student loan plan
45% Center coverage: 57 sources
North American Politics · MissouriThe US Supreme Court has declined to halt the scheduled execution Tuesday evening of Missouri death row inmate Brian Dorsey, who has professed deep remorse for the 2006 murders of his cousin and her husband while earning support from more than 70 correctional officers who backed sparing his life.See the Story
US Supreme Court won’t halt execution of Brian Dorsey for 2006 double murder amid mercy bid backed by 72 corrections officers
50% Left coverage: 12 sources