Aviva Okeson-Haberman

With multiple abortion-related bills on the table for the 2019 session, some are raising questions about the possibility of a future legal challenge or an eventual Supreme Court hearing.

“In order to get Roe versus Wade changed, we need to push it further than we’ve pushed it in the past,” Sen. Andrew Koenig, R-Manchester, said.

Dennis Thompson’s Harley has a 131-inch motor and no muffler. Thompson says he built it to be “loud and proud.” The jet black Harley almost vibrates from the sound.

While it’s a noise Thompson associates with freedom, this motorcycle almost cost him his life.

“I'm tough. You know, I was in the army and I ain't afraid of nothing,” Dennis said.

After Thompson left the army, he became an aviation mechanic in St. Louis. He was very independent, and he says he spent his free time fishing, hunting, biking and chasing girls.

Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway is now the only Democrat elected to statewide office in Missouri. She defeated Republican challenger Saundra McDowell.

“Missourians have spoken tonight,” Galloway told the crowd of more than 50 people at her watch party in Columbia. “They want an independent watchdog in Jefferson City to hold the powerful accountable.”

In 2000, Missouri had more than 150,000 dairy cows. Now, there are now less than 90,000 cows, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. MU economist Joe Horner studies the dairy industry and said most dairy farmers leave because of financial hardship. Dairy is a volatile market, and Missouri dairy farmers are choosing to get out of the business.