The city council in Kansas City (MO) took the first step this month towards banning flavored smoke-free products, including nicotine pouches and e-cigarettes, that millions of Americans have turned to as a better option than continuing to smoke cigarettes.
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President and CEO of the Retail Grocers Association Missouri & Kansas
Poplar Bluff, a city in the Missouri Bootheel, has just over 15,000 residents.
When the opioid crisis was first designated a public health emergency back in 2017, it marked the beginning of a concentrated effort to reduce the number of opioid overdose fatalities and the overall rate of usage for opioids in general.
History shows that banning flavored tobacco and nicotine products has little positive impact and instead results in a long list of negative consequences.
As a local Jewish woman of St. Louis County, I am disgusted; I am afraid. There is no simpler way I can say it.
A few weeks ago, a Federal Judge in Missouri ruled in favor of the Security Industries and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and struck down two regulations imposed by the Missouri Securities Division.
The Missouri Attorney General’s recent lawsuit against the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) effort to cap the rates prisons and county jails charge for phone calls rests on a misguided argument
Northeast Missouri is home to more than 150,000 folks who do their jobs, raise their families, and make do with what they have, which is not a lot.
Both Trump and Harris supporters watching this debate probably spent a frustrating night yelling at the TV about missed opportunities.
As a proud advocate for parents’ rights, I find myself deeply concerned with the possible implications of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) under consideration in Congress.