Former Missouri governor Eric Greitens was exonerated of campaign finance charges Thursday, ending a 20-month ethics committee investigation. 
A CNN article on a recent Kansas City bar shooting mischaracterized the shooter's criminal history to blame the killing on Missouri's gun laws. 
The Missouri state legislature announced on Thursday that it would investigate Democratic state auditor Nicole Galloway's alleged misconduct during her audit of Sen. Josh Hawley's (R., Mo.) time as the state's attorney general, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 
State prosecutors backed by George Soros have descended on St. Louis to rally around the city's top prosecutor before she appears in court to testify about her role in an investigation into former Missouri governor Eric Greitens. 
A law firm run by the sister of Democratic representative William Lacy Clay Jr. (Mo.) has now banked more than $1 million from the congressman's campaign since 2002, filings show. 
Missouri Democrat Nicole Galloway helped steer a $375,000 taxpayer-funded investment to a sex-driven online forum that markets itself to 13-year-olds. 
Life expectancy in Missouri fell by nearly a year between 2012 and 2018 as the region has grappled with an epidemic of opioid, suicide, and alcohol-related deaths, according to a new report. 
The state allowed the clinic's license to lapse at the end of May due to concerns stemming from an earlier investigation that uncovered numerous health violations. 
The Missouri Senate passed a bill to limit abortions after eight weeks and also protect babies with Down syndrome on Thursday. 
