Crystal Thomas, The Kansas City Star

Crystal Thomas

The Kansas City Star

Jefferson City, MO, United States

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Past articles by Crystal:

“The system needed to change”: Missouri governor signs criminal justice reform bills

Gov. Mike Parson signed bills Tuesday to do away with mandatory minimum sentences for some nonviolent offenses and keep people who can’t pay jail board bills from being punished with more prison time. → Read More

Court orders Missouri Secretary of State to approve ACLU’s abortion ban challenge

The Missouri Western District Court of Appeals has ordered the Secretary of State to approve a referendum submitted by the ACLU that would challenge a new law banning abortions after 8 weeks of pregnancy. → Read More

Who wants to sell marijuana in Kansas City? Lots of folks, according to state records

A judge ordered the Missouri health department to release the names of applicants for licenses to grow, manufacture or dispense medical marijuana. The agency was sued for the records by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch → Read More

Hearing on Missouri Planned Parenthood’s abortion license pushed back to late October

An administration hearing commissioner delayed a hearing to late October on a Missouri Planned Parenthood’s denied license. The St. Louis clinic can offer abortions through that time due to a stay in the case. → Read More

Planned Parenthood in St. Louis granted stay to offer abortions during licensing case

An administrative hearing commissioner has granted Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis a stay Friday, allowing it to continue to provide abortions while it appeals the denial of its license by the state. → Read More

Planned Parenthood provides explanations for four failed abortions cited by Missouri

Planned Parenthood’s incoming chief medical officer Dr. Colleen McNicholas combated concerns raised in inspection records made public by the state health department through court filings. → Read More

To protect state contracting process, Missouri auditor urges governor to reject bill

State auditor Nicole Galloway has called on Gov. Mike Parson to take protective steps to ensure fairness in state contracts, in light of a “culture of corruption” in Jefferson City. → Read More

‘I’m not done’: Lee’s Summit lawmaker who broke 18 bones vows recovery, re-election

State Rep. Rebecca Roeber, R-Lee’s Summit, has announced she’s running for reelection while on the mend from car crash that left her with multiple broken bones. → Read More

Missouri judge to Planned Parenthood: appeal license decision to state panel

A St. Louis judge has extended a preliminary injunction granted to Planned Parenthood until the end of the week, in order for the St. Louis clinic to appeal the denial of its license to the state’s Administrative Hearing Commission (AHC). → Read More

Missouri denies Planned Parenthood of St. Louis abortion clinic license

Per court order, the state health department has made a decision on the license renewal application of the last abortion clinic in the state. It announced the application’s rejection in court Friday. → Read More

Missouri backs off on rule requiring women get pelvic exam three days before abortion

Missouri officials backed away from a requirement that Planned Parenthood of St. Louis, the state’s sole abortion provider, perform pelvic exams on patients three days in advance of an abortion. → Read More

Planned Parenthood to defy Missouri’s pelvic exam requirement for abortions

Missouri’s sole abortion provider has announced it will refuse to perform a pelvic exam on patients at least three days before it provides an abortion, a regulation mandated by the state’s health department. → Read More

Former FBI agent who investigated Greitens indicted for perjury, evidence tampering

The former FBI agent chosen by the St. Louis City prosecutor to investigate former Gov. Eric Greitens has been indicted. William Don Tisaby was first accused of perjury by Greitens’ legal team. → Read More

Former FBI agent who investigated Greitens indicted for perjury, evidence tampering

The former FBI agent chosen by the St. Louis City prosecutor to investigate former Gov. Eric Greitens has been indicted. William Don Tisaby was first accused of perjury by Greitens’ legal team. → Read More

Missouri Secretary of State rejects last referendum to overturn new abortion law

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has rejected a third referendum application to overturn the state’s new law, which criminalizes abortions after 8 weeks of pregnancy. → Read More

Missouri governor signs ‘Border War’ truce. But the deal is not done without Kansas.

Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill that would stop incentives to companies hopping over from Kansas border counties in the Kansas City metro area. But the bill doesn’t go into effect unless Kansas agrees to do same. → Read More

St. Louis judge: Missouri’s sole abortion provider can stay open for now

A St. Louis judge has granted Planned Parenthood a preliminary injunction. However, in his order, he rejected Planned Parenthood’s main arguments. → Read More

Mo. lab records show evidence of failed abortion with ‘re-aspiration’ a month later

State officials, in a fight with Planned Parenthood over the facility’s license, have cited the lab report as one reason they want to interview physicians who worked at the clinic. Planned Parenthood calls it fearmongering. → Read More

GOP donor gives $1 million to fight new Missouri abortion law

After Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft rejected a referendum on the abortion law Joplin businessman David Humphreys supported, he poured $1 million into the cause to place the measure on the 2020 ballot. → Read More

Secretary of State rejects two petitions to overturn Missouri’s new abortion law

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has rejected two referendum petitions to overturn the new state’s new near-total ban on abortion, criminalizing the procedure after eight weeks of pregnancy. → Read More