“Any person who knowingly performs or induces an abortion of an unborn child in violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a class B felony, as well as subject to suspension or revocation of his or her professional license,” Missouri’s abortion law reads.

Three Missouri and two Kansas members of Congress serving constituents in the greater Kansas City area forwarded a joint letter Tuesday to the U.S. Postal Service demanding action to rectify problems with missing or delayed mail and protracted periods in which no mail was delivered at all.

Hawley is using a line in the amendment to try and tie the abortion amendment to transgender care. Experts say Hawley is making a political argument, not a legal one.

For the last two years, Uniting Missouri has mostly existed to bankroll Parson’s trips to the Super Bowl. But in the weeks leading up to the GOP primary, it spent several hundred thousand dollars supporting the candidacies of Mike Kehoe for governor and Andrew Bailey for attorney general.

The latest packages were sent to elections officials in Missouri, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island. Mississippi authorities reported a package was delivered there on Monday, and the Connecticut Secretary of State’s office on Tuesday also said the FBI alerted them of a suspicious package that was intercepted.

There are no incumbents in the race to become Missouri's 58th governor. Gov. Mike Parson, who served in the role since June 2018, is not running again. There are four candidates in the race: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, a Republican; state Rep. Crystal Quade, a Democrat; Bill Slantz, a Libertarian; and Paul Lehmann, of the Green Party.

A St. Louis-based obstetrician and gynecologist told reporters that doctors have received no clarity since the law took effect in June 2022 on what constitutes a “medical emergency.”

After weeks of tussling between the two campaigns, Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and Democrat Lucas Kunce are finally set to square off in a televised debate less than a week before voters head to the polls.

JEFFERSON CITY — Supporters of a ballot initiative designed to bail out the pension system for Missouri sheriffs and prosecutors have launched a fundraising campaign.

Missouri’s campaign to legalize abortion has more than doubled its fundraising totals since it was approved for the ballot in mid-August, despite — and perhaps fueled by — a lawsuit that threatened to knock it off the Nov.