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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is appealing an order from a Jackson County judge that currently prevents the state from enforcing numerous abortion regulations. But the state supreme court unanimously refused to take up his request.

The Democratic county executive faces two felony and two misdemeanor charges, accused of using county funds to send a mailer that could be seen as opposing a measure that was on the April ballot.

Andrew Bailey said the investigation was prompted by reports from Columbia residents alleging racial discrimination.

The Jackson County Legislature passed the ordinance last year after the shootings at the Super Bowl rally that killed one and injured 22 people. Attorney General Andrew Bailey says it's unconstitutional; Legislator Manny Abarca says Bailey protects guns over people.

With the state now overseeing the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Bailey will represent the agency when it's facing certain litigation.

Even though Black drivers only make up around 11% of the state's population, they were pulled over by law enforcement nearly two times as much as white drivers.

A newly enacted law allows the attorney general to challenge temporary injunctions, a move inspired by a pending abortion-rights case.

The appeal came right after Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a bill that gives the attorney general the right to appeal temporary pauses against state laws or constitutional provisions.

The legislation also gives the Attorney General the ability to appeal preliminary injunctions on ongoing cases.

Years of legal wrangling have come to an end for a woman who spent 43 years behind bars for a killing that her attorneys argue was committed by a discredited police officer.