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Missouri House OKs elections for transgender athletic bans

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Missouri House OKs elections for transgender athletic bans By Summer Ballentine Associated Press The GOP-led Missouri House on Wednesday voted to allow local elections over whether to ban transgender girls from competing on K-12 girls’ sports teams. House members voted 89-40 in favor of adding Republican Rep. Chuck Bayse’s proposal as an amendment to an elections bill in a late-session attempt to pass the contested legislation before lawmakers’ mid-May deadline. Under the amendment, Bayse said public school boards and administrators could call elections over whether to allow...

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Missouri House pitches using budget surplus for tax breaks

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Missouri House pitches using budget surplus for tax breaks By Summer Ballentine Associated Press The Republican Missouri House budget leader on Wednesday proposed an idea to use some of a more than $3 billion budget surplus to give out widespread income tax credits. House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith’s late-session proposal is aimed at doling out tax credits worth what workers owe in state income taxes. Smith’s initial plan would set aside $1 billion for the tax credits and would cap the tax credits at up to $500 for individuals or $1,000 for married couples filing jointly. In...

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COVID Vaccine

Governor declares end of ‘COVID-19 crisis’

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Governor declares end of ‘COVID-19 crisis’ By Raymore Journal staff More than two years since the first executive order declaring a State of Emergency was signed, Gov. Mike Parson is moving COVID-19 from pandemic status to endemic. Effective April 1, Missouri is shifting its response to COVID-19 to an endemic phase. The move will ease the state’s monitoring of the disease. “Over the past two years, we have learned a lot that will help us respond to future outbreaks and challenges that may come our way,” Parson said in a statement. “We don’t know if this virus will ever completely go away,...

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US jobless claims rise but remain near a half-century low

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US jobless claims rise but remain near a half-century low By Paul Wiseman AP Economics Writer The number of people seeking unemployment benefits ticked up last week but remained at a historically low level, reflecting a robust U.S. labor market with near record-high job openings and few layoffs. Jobless claims rose by 18,000 to 185,000, the Labor Department said Thursday, after nearly touching the lowest level since 1968 in the previous week. The four-week average of claims, which levels out week-to-week ups and downs, edged up from 170,000 to 172,000. “Claims are still at very low levels,...

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Homeschooling surge continues despite schools reopening

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Homeschooling surge continues despite schools reopening By Carolyn Thompson Associated Press The coronavirus pandemic ushered in what may be the most rapid rise in homeschooling the U.S. has ever seen. Two years later, even after schools reopened and vaccines became widely available, many parents have chosen to continue directing their children’s educations themselves. Homeschooling numbers this year dipped from last year’s all-time high, but are still significantly above pre-pandemic levels, according to data obtained and analyzed by The Associated Press. Families that may have...

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Kansas City Royals

Bobby Witt Jr. is proving to be worth the wait for Royals

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The Royals rookie third baseman Bobby Witt Jr. leads away from second base after hitting a line drive double against the Clevleand Guardians this past Saturday, driving in one run and helping the Royals to a 3-1 victory. (Christian D Orr/Raymore Journal) Bobby Witt Jr. is proving to be worth the wait for Royals By Christion D. Orr, Royally Covering Baseball For years now Royals fans have been hearing about the talents of the players in the team’s Farm System, specifically Bobby Witt Jr., who for a while now has been named the #1 prospect with the Royals and lately he has been ranked...

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Election results Council mostly intact voter turnout abysmal

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220411-election-results-abdelgawad Sonja Abdelgawad secured her seat for Ward 4 council member. 220411-election-results-holman Incumbent Jay Holman was reelected council member for Ward 3. 220411-election-results-townsend Incumbent Reginald Townsend retains his Ward 1 council seat. 220411-election-results-turnbow Kristofer P. Turnbow ran uncontested for mayor of Raymore. 220411-election-results-wills Victoria Wills will finish the one-year unexpired term left by former Ward 1 Council Member Dale Jacobson. 220411-election-results-forster City...

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Chamber of Commerce welcomes 319 Salon Suites and Exterior Plus

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319-Salon-1 319-Salon-2 319-Salon-3 319-Salon-4 319-Salon-5 319-Salon-6 319-Salon-7 Exterior-Plus-1 Exterior-Plus-2 Exterior-Plus-3 Chamber of Commerce welcomes 319 Salon Suites and Exterior Plus By Raymore Journal staff The Raymore Chamber of Commerce brought out the giant scissors twice in the past week to celebrate two new businesses joining the chamber. On April 6, Executive Director Melissa Ferrari welcomed Trent Thompson and Exterior Plus to the Chamber of Commerce. As the name...

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Cass County Sports

Cass County high school sports teams continue roller-coaster ride

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Cass County high school sports teams continue roller-coaster ride By Raymore Journal staff The spring season continues with its roller coaster ride of weather preventing events from being competed on some days, but then allowing events the next day. The Cass County high school spring sports teams went through the same type of roller coaster ride this past week, with some teams, like the Belton Lady Pirate soccer team which has kicked its way to a 3-match winning streak, experiencing highs, while other Cass County teams, like the Harrisonville Wildcat baseball team which suffered four defeats...

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