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Missouri voters backed stronger wage and sick leave laws—and then state Republicans repealed them

Fast Company Tech

In recent years, voters in Michigan, Missouri, and Nebraska overwhelmingly backed higher state minimum wages and guaranteed paid sick leave at the polls. In November, 58% of Missouri voters approved Proposition A, which raises the state minimum wage to $15 by 2026 and requires employers to provide paid sick leave.

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The governor of Missouri still doesn’t know how websites work

The Verge

Mike Parson, Governor of Missouri, does not understand how websites work. Missouri Education Commissioner Margie Vandeven sent a letter to educators saying “an individual took the records of at least three educators, unencrypted the source code from the webpage, and viewed the social security number (SSN) of those specific educators.”.

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23andMe files for bankruptcy, CEO steps down

Mashable Tech

Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Biotechnology company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, with co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki stepping down, effective immediately. On Sunday, 23andMe filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy in the U.S.

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Georgia lawmakers fail in efforts to legalize sports betting

Fast Company Tech

Voters in Missouri narrowly approved sports betting in a 2024 referendum, making it the 39th state to legalize the practice. Missouri is currently making rules and taking applications from sportsbooks, with the launch of legal betting delayed until late summer or early fall.

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Apple Find My app led a Missouri SWAT team to raid an innocent family's home, lawsuit pending

TechSpot

A Ferguson, Missouri family is suing the St. Louis County Police after a SWAT team raided and ransacked their home based on information from "Find My," the functionality that helps Apple users find lost or stolen devices. The lawsuit claims that the software lacks the accuracy to pinpoint a device. Read Entire Article

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Missouri governor threatens reporter who discovered state site spilling private info

The Verge

Missouri Governor Mike Parson is threatening legal action against a reporter and newspaper that found and responsibly disclosed a security vulnerability that left teacher and educational staffs’ social security numbers exposed and easily accessible. Prosecuting this disclosure will put people in Missouri at risk.

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The good and bad news about total lunar eclipse viewing in the U.S.

Mashable Tech

But much of the nation is expected to have either fair or good sky viewing, particularly large swathes of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, and other parts of the South and Midwest. The AccuWeather cloud cover map below paints the looming weather picture.

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