By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning,
Missouri lawmakers thought they had settled the future of intoxicating hemp products this spring.
Maybe not quite.
A federal funding bill moving through Congress could complicate the state’s new ban just weeks before it takes effect. Rebecca Rivas explains why an overnight vote in Washington could change what happens on Missouri store shelves Nov. 12.
(Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent)
by Rebecca Rivas
Hemp-derived THC beverages could stay on Missouri shelves past Nov. 12 if Congress gives final approval to a short-term funding bill and the president signs it.
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by Suzanne King
HIV health providers have already absorbed some cuts and fear more. They worry that gains made toward eliminating the virus are in jeopardy
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COMMENTARY
by Bridgette Dunlap
It makes me angry and exhausted that legal recognition of my dignity and bodily autonomy is repeatedly up for a vote.
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