By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — As a Republican senator, Kit Bond voted against the federal health care overhaul. Now lobbying for a prominent business group, Bond… Read more »
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Candidates file for seats in local elections
By DEVIN R. NEGRETE (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — Four people have filed for two available seats on the Warrensburg City Council and four have filed for three available Warrensburg R-6 Board… Read more »
Man who crashed KC mayor’s speech gets probation
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A 32-year-old man has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges for disrupting Kansas City Mayor Sly James’ State of the City address last year. Derron Black… Read more »
Mo. Senate panel considers blocking E15 gasoline
By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Amid warnings from business groups and car manufacturers about using higher concentrations of ethanol in gasoline, a Missouri Senate committee considered Thursday… Read more »
Mo. gov. denounces Senate tax cut plan
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon is criticizing an income tax cut plan endorsed by a Missouri Senate committee. Nixon’s office issued a news release Thursday calling the… Read more »
Senators tackle Missouri school transfer law
By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Legislation revising Missouri’s school transfer law for unaccredited school districts received a public airing Wednesday as the Senate Education Committee during a… Read more »
Nixon calls for protections for gay workers
By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Many Missouri Democrats on Wednesday praised Gov. Jay Nixon’s call to bar discrimination based on a person’s sexual orientation, but a tepid… Read more »
Victim approaches KC school after shooting
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Kansas City high school was briefly placed on lockdown after a person was shot a couple blocks away and went to the school with… Read more »
Mo. lawmakers mull 72-hour abortion waiting time
By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri lawmakers are mulling increasing the amount of time women must wait to have an abortion after seeing a doctor from 24… Read more »
Mo. Senate panel considering gun law nullification
By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, AP) — Gun rights supporters told a Missouri Senate committee Tuesday that legislation seeking to nullify federal gun control laws was important to protect… Read more »