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Since France banned women from wearing veils that covered the face in public in 2011, a growing number of European nations have passed similar…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some Missouri business leaders are forming a coalition against a proposal that would protect some businesses that object to…
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Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including: Spike Lee to premiere Missouri football boycott documentary in Columbia Wednesday nightFerguson…
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The director of the Kansas City Sports Commission says the city could lose more than $50 million if voters approve a constitutional amendment that would…
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JEFFERSON CITY - Governor Jay Nixon says a proposed constitutional amendment granting religious exemptions to some business owners opposed to gay marriage…
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The party and its leading 2016 contenders are finding themselves between a rock and hard place because of Indiana's and Arkansas' recently amended laws.
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"This is simply allowing people of faith space to be able to express their beliefs," said Jeb Bush. Hillary Clinton tweeted: "Sad this new Indiana law can happen in America today."
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For the past year, KBIA has been working on a special long-form story about a place in Northeast Missouri called Heartland. It’s a story with threads of…
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U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt is touting passage of legislation that authorizes the appointment of a special ambassador to the Middle East focused on religious…
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Missouri is one of nine states where lawmakers are forming caucuses they say will focus on preserving religious freedom. Departing State Representative Mike McGhee (R, Odessa) is organizing Missouri’s caucus. He says one of their functions will be to consult with lawmakers in other states on making sure that the language used in bills doesn’t result in the erosion of religious rights. “If we have an idea that says, ‘Hey, we want the Catholic Church to be able to step aside here and not provide abortion drugs if the Catholic Church so (chooses),' how do we do that?" McGhee said. "How can we do that through the legislature?” McGhee says the caucuses' formations are not in response to President Obama’s contraceptive mandate, but: “I think it is a wake-up call…possibly, President Obama’s ideas for direction for the country (have) really got this off and started…that could be a part of it, but I don’t think that that is the major drive for doing it.” McGhee says lawmakers from both political parties and all religious persuasions are welcome to join.