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Missouri lawmakers spar over how to handle spike in violence

by Associated Press
| January 21, 2020 5:10 PM

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri lawmaker pitching a tough-on-crime bill Tuesday directed blame for a surge in violence in the state's biggest cities at factors including the sometimes violent protests in Ferguson and St. Louis' prosecutor.

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