# Missouri Independent

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## Posts
- [$75 million pours into Missouri politics](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/75-million-pours-into-missouri-politics): Ballot fights drew the biggest checks — and roughly 30% came through groups that don’t disclose their donors.
- [Missouri therapist bets psychedelics are the next frontier in mental health](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/missouri-therapist-bets-psychedelics-are-the-next-frontier-in-mental-health): Anne Bethune opened the state’s first ketamine-assisted therapy practice. Now she’s pushing lawmakers to look at psilocybin.
- [A $1 million push to flip Missouri legislative seats](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/a-1-million-push-to-flip-missouri-legislative-seats): Labor and progressive groups are targeting Republicans after lawmakers repealed voter-approved paid sick leave.
- [One law firm, 174 Missouri cities](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/one-law-firm-174-missouri-cities): Lauber Municipal Law’s growing reach is drawing scrutiny over transparency, influence and cost.
- [Missouri’s redistricting fight is now a race against the clock](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/missouri-s-redistricting-fight-is-now-a-race-against-the-clock): The state Supreme Court wants quick action as a Sept. 8 ballot deadline approaches.
- [Missouri’s hemp ban could come with one big exception](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/missouri-s-hemp-ban-could-come-with-one-big-exception): Congress may give THC beverages another month on Missouri shelves, while other products are still banned.
- [Mike Kehoe's political clout put to the test.](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/mike-kehoe-s-political-clout-put-to-the-test): Two signature priorities suffered historic losses as another major ballot fight looms this fall.
- [Maybe Missouri voters aren't so easily fooled](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/maybe-missouri-voters-aren-t-so-easily-fooled): Tuesday's results complicate Jefferson City's argument for protecting voters from themselves.
- [Two historic defeats. What comes next?](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/two-historic-defeats-what-comes-next): Missouri Republicans are debating what voters were really rejecting Tuesday.
- [Another Missouri ballot fight heads to court](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/another-missouri-ballot-fight-heads-to-court): A campaign wants judges to revive an amendment limiting lawmakers’ power over voter-approved initiatives.
- [Nominees picked. Districts undecided.](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/nominees-picked-districts-undecided): A lawsuit over Missouri’s congressional map could reshape what happens between Tuesday’s primary and November.
- [Amendment 5 lost 83-16. Now what?](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/amendment-5-lost-83-16-now-what): Voters rejected the governor's tax plan, ousted an incumbent senator and turned away most of the insurgents running against Jefferson City.
- [Abortion pills by mail to Missouri quadrupled](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/abortion-pills-by-mail-to-missouri-quadrupled): New data shows telehealth didn't replace the drive to other states — it opened a second path.
- [Missouri turnout could hit a 22-year high](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/missouri-turnout-could-hit-a-22-year-high): No marquee statewide candidate — but $40 million in ballot measure spending is pulling voters to the polls.
- [Missouri Senate voter guide](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/missouri-senate-voter-guide): The candidates, issues and forces shaping 11 competitive primaries on Tuesday’s ballot.
- [Missouri's $9.3 billion Medicaid question](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/missouri-s-9-3-billion-medicaid-question): Doctors say the state could run it cheaper. The industry says overhead buys better care.
- [Missouri fills an eight-year vacancy on its education board](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/missouri-fills-an-eight-year-vacancy-on-its-education-board): The appointments come at a critical time, as the board has begun a nationwide search for the department’s next leader.
- [The money flooding Missouri’s primary](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/the-money-flooding-missouri-s-primary): Nearly $40 million has poured into ballot measure campaigns as PACs target pivotal Senate races.
- [Missouri officials threaten library funding over LGBTQ+ story time](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/missouri-officials-threaten-library-funding-over-lgbtq-story-time): A Saturday reading in Columbia is now headed toward a fight over state funding.
- [Abortion returns to Springfield after 21 years](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/abortion-returns-to-springfield-after-21-years): Planned Parenthood is again providing abortions in southwest Missouri, but the return may not last.
- [Who exposed Missouri voucher students’ data?](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/who-exposed-missouri-voucher-students-data): The treasurer’s office pointed at its contractor. Emails and the leaked file complicate that account.
- [We got that B-roll](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/we-got-that-b-roll): Missouri candidates are quietly posting raw footage for the PACs they cannot coordinate with. 
- [Missouri exits. The disability rights fight goes on.](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/missouri-exits-the-disability-rights-fight-goes-on): Advocates won a reprieve, but federal policy shifts could still threaten community-based care.
- [Six reports. The same deadly finding.](https://newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/six-reports-the-same-deadly-finding): Missouri has begun confronting preventable maternal deaths. Now the money supporting that work is thinning.