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Lifting Missouri’s abortion ban would be meaningful. But a ballot measure to re-enshrine a standard that Planned Parenthood warned against isn’t great.

McConnell visits Louisville, warns corporate America to stay out of politics Share Updated: 6:55 PM EDT Apr 6, 2021 Mark Vanderhoff Share Updated: 6:55 PM EDT Apr 6, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript MORE. CONGRESSMAN JOHN YARMUTH WAS IN LOUISVILLE FRIDAY, TOUTING THE LATEST STIMULUS PACKAGE AND DEFENDING THE DEMOCRATS’ IDEAS. WELL, REPUBLICAN SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL WAS HERE MAKING THE CASE AGAINST THE DEMOCRATS’ IDEAS. >> AS A REPUBLICAN MAN, ...

How about some good economic news. According to the just released 2020 edition of Economic Freedom of North America, Missouri ranks as the 12th most economically free state in the country.  It is an improvement over last year’s ranking, which was 16th.  That’s good news because more economic freedom is associated with better economic outcomes. The report is published by Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think tank, in cooperation with state-ba...