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Now that cannabis is legal in Missouri, drug-sniffing police dogs face early retirement if they are attracted to the smell of marijuana. Because some police dogs are sensitive to the

If a dog is trained to detect marijuana as well as illegal drugs, it cannot separate them for a handler.

Thursday was the deadline to expunge cases, according to the Missouri Constitution.

"The job's certainly not finished. Counties are making a good effort to follow the law," Dan Viets said.

The variance follows challenges to designated zip codes.

Some counties have expunged more than a thousand cases, others have expunged zero, according to court records

Several counties struggle to meet expungement deadline, while others make progress

Shangri-La filed two unfair labor practice lawsuits against UFCW Local 655 for their strike to unionize on May 16 and May 17.

The meeting comes less than two weeks after two Columbia police officers were placed under investigation for the apparent use of a force during an arrest outside a downtown Columbia

Picketers continued to gather outside of a Columbia dispensary Wednesday, as some experts point to a trend in Missouri dispensaries beginning to form unions.