Sarah Unsicker

Missouri Democrats blocked state Rep. Sarah Unsicker from filing partly because she was kicked out of the House Democratic caucus.

The Shrewsbury lawmaker recently bowed out of the Missouri attorney general’s race after being stripped of her committee assignments and later kicked out of the House Democratic caucus.

Missouri Rep. Sarah Unsicker, D-Shrewsbury, faced widespread criticism in recent weeks for her social media activity, including posing for a photo next to an alleged Holocaust denier.

The decision to remove Rep. Sarah Unsicker, D-Shrewsbury, from committees follows social media posts by Unsicker showing her meeting with Charles Johnson, who has been accused of being a Holocaust denier.

June was the first month of eligibility reviews for Missouri's roughly 1.5 million Medicaid enrollees. Children accounted for half of all the state's Medicaid terminations, mostly for procedural reasons.

The legislation changes Missouri law by requiring judges start each child custody case with the presumption that “equal or approximately equal” parenting time for each parent is in the child’s best interests. But the bill, passed in the final hour of the legislative session, could make it more difficult for victims to escape abusive relationships and protect their children.

Schools would be able to opt into the program and accept new students from other schools, though they would not be able to stop kids from leaving. The legislation creates a 3% cap on a school's population being able to transfer out.

The Shrewsbury Democrat also discussed efforts to protect children from sex trafficking and expectations for the rest of the 2022 session.

The proposed amendment next goes to the state Senate. And if the legislature passes it, the measure would need voters' approval in November.

A bill introduced this week in the Missouri House of Representatives aims to prevent landlords from threatening to or actually disclosing their tenants’…