Sending Kansas City inmates to jail in “Vernon County was a cheaper way to do it.” Cheaper, yes. Humane, no. From Melinda Henneberger: ...

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“We have no services in eastern Jackson County,” Belinda Goodwin said. But now, resources are available within the Eastern Jackson County Drop-In Center. It’s located at the Good Shepherd Community of ...

Missouri health care providers can now resume offering abortion care after a Jackson County circuit court judge temporarily blocked a restrictive anti-abortion law.

Voters approved the measure adding abortion rights to the constitution in November in an amendment that required judges to reconsider laws that had almost completely banned the procedure.