Allison Kite
Reporter | The Missouri IndependentAllison Kite is a data reporter for The Missouri Independent and Kansas Reflector, with a focus on the environment and agriculture. A graduate of the University of Kansas, she’s covered state government in both Topeka and Jefferson City, and most recently was City Hall reporter for The Kansas City Star.
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One doctor worried the ambiguity could leave physicians ‘looking over our shoulders wondering if a patient is in enough of a crisis to permit an exception to a law.’ -
The clarification comes after a Kansas City hospital system said it would not provide emergency contraception in the wake of Missouri’s trigger ban on abortions. -
Water utilities have never been required to thoroughly inventory lead pipes except in a crisis. Health experts warn problems with these “underground poisonous straws” can arise out of the blue. -
The bill now heads to Gov. Mike Parson’s desk who, according to the House sponsor, is expected to sign it. -
A provision that would limit the amount of lead allowed in school drinking water to five parts per billion has been tacked onto an education bill. -
The proposed clean-energy transmission line would stretch from Kansas to Indiana. -
The bill, exempting the technology from some permit requirements, is opposed by the state’s major environmental groups -
Researchers say even a small amount of the toxin can harm kids’ development. One 2021 study found Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri had some of the highest rates of elevated blood lead levels in children. -
‘Our thought is let’s let it play through the courts before we make any permanent change,’ says a commissioner in Livingston County -
The move was part of a series of steps the agency said it would take to protect communities from harmful coal ash contamination. -
The pipeline is operating under a temporary certificate that expires Dec. 13. -
The Missouri Public Service Commission wants to see all of Spire’s communications about the pipeline with customers since this summer.
