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Kehoe signed an additional 35 bills late Monday afternoon, including legislation that raises the speed limit on rural highways and interstates to 75 mph.
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For the past 25 years, the Midwest Innocence Project has worked at no cost to free incarcerated individuals who believe they were wrongfully convicted of crimes in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas.
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Faith Gregory, 23, was found downstream of her home in the Huzzah Creek. More than 12 inches of rain fell Thursday night into Friday, leading to record flooding along the Black River.
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