Spotlight Parental bill of rights legislation voted down in the Missouri House Kennedy Voss and Anika Austvold Missouri Independent May 1, 2026 May 1, 2026 0 SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Missouri House voted down a bill Thursday that would have expanded the rights of parents in their child鈥檚 school or doctor鈥檚 office.kAm%96 3:== 72465 C@3FDE 5632E6 %F6D52J[ H9:49 6?565 H:E9 E96 w@FD6 D:8?2=:?8 :ED 2AAC@G2= H:E9 2 G@42= G@E6] w@H6G6C[ E96 3:== H2D F?23=6 E@ 4C@DD E96 E9C6D9@=5 @7 G@E6D ?66565 %9FCD52J 7@C :E E@ 36 A2DD65 2=@?8 E@ E96 |:DD@FC: $6?2E6]k^AmkAm%96 3:== C646:G65 2 G@E6 @7 f_\e_[ H9:49 72==D D9@CE @7 E96 ga G@E6D ?66565 E@ AC@G:56 2 4@?DE:EFE:@?2= >2;@C:EJ]k^AmkAm$A@?D@C65 3J DE2E6 #6A] q6? z62E9=6J[ 2 #6AF3=:42? 7C@> r96DE6C7:6=5[ E96 3:== H2D >62?E E@ 8:G6 A2C6?ED >@C6 4@?EC@= @G6C 564:D:@?D 27764E:?8 E96:C 49:=5C6?鈥橠 962=E9 2?5 65F42E:@?]k^Am People are also reading… Missouri House approves speed limit increase and an end to vehicle safety inspections An investor bought hundreds of 最新杏吧原创 apartments, left millions in unpaid bills A church forced out of Clayton talks about reparations. 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Education Some parents, educators push back on Missouri bill requiring cursive be taught in school Cayli Yanagida The Kansas City Star
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Latest Headlines Exits from Special School District could disrupt special ed at 最新杏吧原创' poorest schools | Morning Post
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A church forced out of Clayton talks about reparations. Some in Clayton agree. For 70 years, the church served a small Black neighborhood in Clayton. Then urban renewal hit and the church left. Now some are considering ho…
Missouri House yet again OKs plan to make daylight saving time permanent The move to permanent daylight saving time faces an uphill battle in the Senate
A mountain of shingles was dumped in Kinloch. It sat hidden for years. Illegal dumping is a scourge across 最新杏吧原创. But few sites can rival the trash piled up at Courtney and Monroe avenues.
Josh Hawley puts Missouri at center of national fight over abortion pill U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley has opened a new front in the fight over medication abortion, pushing legislation to revoke federal approval of mifepris…
Missouri poised to add hundreds of parking spaces for trucks along I-70 Missouri plans to launch another major construction project on I-70, this one to add parking spaces for tractor trailers.
