COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican who leads the Ohio House remains hesitant about GOP Gov. Mike DeWine's proposed changes to address gun violence, even after the governor backed off pushing for...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will make the state the first to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will be first state allowing employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A top St. Louis law enforcement official has sparked outrage by remarking that not all of the area children who have been killed by guns this year were innocent...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's new proposals to address Ohio gun violence in the wake of the Dayton mass shooting don't include background-check requirements for gun sales or...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — In Virginia, where the annual number of firearm-related deaths paces the national average, black males are disproportionately the victims of gun-related violence. The state's...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates reiterated their call for gun control Wednesday and urged Americans to keep up the fight for change, sidestepping the issue of impeachment in...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's 17-point plan to address gun violence in the state following the recent mass shooting includes freeing up space at state psychiatric hospitals for...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden returned to Las Vegas on Friday to hold a town hall on the city's east side and an evening fundraiser.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County police are searching for the person who fatally shot a 15-year-old boy who's the latest of more than a dozen child victims killed in area gun violence this...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The debate over guns was revived Tuesday in Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Legislature after a year of shocking violence, although Democrats went away frustrated and...

Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers:

We need the reasonable center to stand up for gun control

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf busied himself in the quiet Capitol over the summer with plans that didn't involve lawmakers: a way to finance new voting machines, new charter school...

NEW YORK (AP) — In a breezy back-to-school video spot, angelic children describe their beloved new headphones, sneakers, skateboard. Soon, though, a disturbing reality dawns on the viewer: Those...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is sending highway patrol troopers and other state workers to St. Louis as part of an effort to fight the surge of violent crime that has included the...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Eighteen agents who investigate violent gun crimes for the Pennsylvania attorney general's office each cashed $12,500 taxpayer-funded checks last year to settle claims they...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In a state with a painful history of gun violence, Florida lawmakers swiftly condemned shootings that claimed 31 lives earlier this summer in Texas and...

DENVER (AP) — The number of children and teens killed by gun violence in Denver is rising, and so is the number of youth charged with gun-related crimes, The Denver Post reported Sunday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren has a plan for that. But on health care, she's with Bernie.

Warren, a Massachusetts senator and a leading liberal Democratic presidential candidate, has...

Big companies have been dipping their toes into America's gun debate for a few years. Now, some are diving in.

The CEOS of 145 companies — including Airbnb, Uber, DoorDash, Gap and Twitter —...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The speaker of the Missouri House said he hopes to have a proposal aimed at combatting gun violence ready to debate next year, but critics say action needs to be taken...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on gun violence in Missouri's largest cities. (all times local):

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The speaker of the Missouri House says a group of Republican lawmakers...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Top leaders of a new Texas House committee that is addressing issues related to gun violence in the wake of two local mass shootings say some of its Republican members have...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators pushing to require background checks for private gun sales made a fresh pitch to President Donald Trump on Wednesday as part of an effort to break the gridlock over...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's Republican governor is calling on two top Republicans in the United States Senate to do more to reduce gun violence.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that Democrats are engaging in "theatrics" over gun control legislation, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that "people...

The National Rifle Association sued San Francisco on Monday over the city's recent declaration that the gun-rights lobby is a "domestic terrorist organization."

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats pressed President Donald Trump on Monday to intervene with Senate Republicans and demand passage of a bipartisan bill to expand background checks for gun...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing criticism that the Senate has become little more than what one member calls an "expensive lunch club," Congress returns for the fall session Monday with pressure mounting...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday pledged more resources and help from the Missouri State Highway Patrol to counteract a rash of gun violence and child killings that have...

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that he wanted to move quickly on gun violence legislation, but his new push came just days after posting an ad on his official Facebook...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans are waiting for the White House to chart a path forward on gun violence legislation, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday, effectively...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Black Missouri lawmakers and GOP Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday met in an attempt to find common ground to stop gun violence in a state led by strong Republican defenders...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say despite five people being fatally shot in less than 24 hours, gun violence in the city is declining.

Among the fatalities was a 15-year-old boy found early...

CHICAGO (AP) — Additional police officers are being deployed in Chicago neighborhoods over the Labor Day holiday weekend to help curb gun violence.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — When Pennsylvania lawmakers were rushing to wrap up the session's business in June, aides to state Attorney General Josh Shapiro came to them with a request: expand the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are postponing plans to return to Washington early for a hearing to address gun violence as Hurricane Dorian bears down on the Florida coast.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man is charged with fatally shooting a 15-year-old who investigators say was backing away from him with his hands raised in the first criminal case filed after a string of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When shots rang out last year at a high school in Parkland, Florida, leaving 17 people dead, President Donald Trump quickly turned his thoughts to creating more mental...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on gun violence in Missouri (all times local):

Kansas City leaders have approved two ordinances aimed at keeping firearms out of the hands of minors.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In a story Aug. 28 about a special election for North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, The Associated Press used the wrong dateline. It should have been Raleigh, not...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several hundred people turned out for a town hall meeting to address rampant gun violence in St. Louis, and emotions boiled over.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a debate between the top candidates in the North Carolina special congressional election scheduled after ballot fraud voided last year's race (all times...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson is asking Missouri lawmakers to change state law to let her city and others require concealed weapon permits.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Leaders in a North Carolina city are trying to stem a tide of gun violence after multiple shootings were reported in one night.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson says he will not call a special legislative session to address gun violence in St. Louis and Kansas City.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — In a story Aug. 26 about efforts to deal with gun violence in Missouri's two big cities, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Missouri, in 2017, became the first state...

The Kansas City Star, Aug. 26

Gov. Mike Parson ignores actual issues, calls special session to help used car dealers

In Missouri, kids are being shot to death with alarming frequency....