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Missouri

secondwind

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2. Unbelievable... reading a part of the new law:

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Jul 18, 2022, 07:30 AM

Jul 2022

Finally, the new Missouri law criminalizing camping/sleeping outside will actually bar cities and organizations from using government grant money to build permanent housing for the unhoused.

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