Summer Ballentine

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  • Protesters rallyFinance

    Missouri business groups sue to stop a law raising the minimum wage and requiring paid sick leave

    By Summer Ballentine and The Associated Press
  • DraftKings CEO smiles in a TV interviewPolitics

    DraftKings and FanDuel score a major win after the ballot measure to allow sportsbetting in Missouri barely scrapes by

    By Summer Ballentine and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Missouri residents and abortion-rights advocation react to a speaker during Missourians for Constitutionals Freedom kick-off petition drive, Feb. 6, 2024 in Kansas City, Mo. Abortion-rights advocates will ask a judge Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 to overturn Missouri’s near-total ban on the procedure, less than a month after voters backed an abortion-rights constitutional amendment. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)Health

    Missouri judge to consider overturning state’s near-total abortion ban after voters back abortion-rights amendment

    By Summer Ballentine, Heather Hollingsworth, and others
  • Domestic hensFinance

    Organic chicken producer’s collapse leaves Midwest farmers struggling to feed their flocks

    By Summer Ballentine and The Associated Press
  • Tom VilsackFinance

    Black and minority farmers get $2 billion in payments after USDA acknowledges years of discrimination

    By Summer Ballentine and The Associated Press
  • A sign at L.A. airport indicates Uber pickup line to the left and Lyft to the right.Finance

    Minneapolis mayor vetoes minimum wage bill for Lyft, Uber drivers: ‘An inexcusable betrayal of Minneapolis workers’

    By Summer Ballentine and The Associated Press
  • Several cars of an Amtrak train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago derailed after it struck a dump truck at a crossing in northern MissouriFinance

    Missouri plans to spend $50 million on railroad crossings to avoid repeats of fatal 2022 Amtrak derailment

    By Summer Ballentine and The Associated Press
  • CALIFORNIA, USA – JULY 18: A person plays lottery at a store as US Powerball jackpot grand prize grew to a whopping $1 billion after no ticket got all six numbers in San Mateo, California, United States on July 18, 2023. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Lifestyle

    Mega Millions lottery jackpot nears $1 billion—the fifth highest ever—and sets off yet another ticket-buying frenzy

    By Summer Ballentine and The Associated Press
  • Chris GroningerEnvironment

    Iowa weatherman quits after 18 years on TV because audience harassed him off the air for reporting on climate change

    By Hannah Fingerhut, Heather Hollingsworth, and others
  • Police in MissouriPolitics

    Federal judge requires local Missouri police to enforce gun laws

    By Summer Ballentine and The Associated Press