The Trump administration is once again seeking to scuttle cuts to pollution from coal-fired power plants. The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court in Washington to postpone consideration of 2012 rules requiring energy companies to cut ...
Read More »Former secretary of state launches ‘Let America Vote’ effort
Three months after losing his bid for the U.S. Senate, former Democratic Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander is launching an organization that’s taking a new approach to fight what he calls voter suppression efforts. Kander on Tuesday announced an ...
Read More »California fights Monsanto on labels for popular weed killer
A battle over the main ingredient in Roundup, a popular weed killer sprayed by farmers and home gardeners worldwide, is coming to a head in California, where officials want to be the first to label the chemical with warnings that ...
Read More »Apple proved a phone can change the world in just 10 years
Few people realized it at the time, but the world shifted fundamentally a decade ago when Steve Jobs pulled the first iPhone from Apple’s bag of technological tricks. “Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes ...
Read More »Family of boy killed on Kansas waterslide settles with park
The family of a Kansas lawmaker’s 10-year-old son killed last summer on what was billed as the world’s tallest water slide reached a settlement Wednesday with the park’s owner and the raft’s manufacturer. Terms of the deal filed in Kansas’ ...
Read More »Kansas man’s homemade gun silencers clash with federal law
When Shane Cox began selling his homemade firearms and silencers out of his military surplus store, he stamped “Made in Kansas” on them to assure buyers that a Kansas law would prevent federal prosecution of anyone owning firearms made, sold ...
Read More »Reno remembered as trailblazing attorney general
Shy and admittedly awkward, Janet Reno became a blunt prosecutor and the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and was also the epicenter of a relentless series of political storms, from the deadly raid on the Branch Davidian ...
Read More »Missouri man dies after murder, rape convictions overturned
A funeral has been held for a St. Louis man who had four years of freedom after the reversal of the rape and murder convictions that sent him to prison for nearly three decades. The funeral for 60-year-old George Allen ...
Read More »Fight continues over secretive giving to Missouri’s Greitens
The Missouri Democratic Party said Wednesday that it would ask the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to review a mysterious donation to Republican Eric Greitens’ gubernatorial campaign to determine if it violated “pay to play” rules. Missouri Democratic Party chairman ...
Read More »A Washington ritual: Reading John Podesta’s stolen emails
Poring through thousands of private, stolen emails from Hillary Clinton’s confidants has become a daily ritual in Washington. The hacked emails — some mundane, others laced with intrigue about election strategy, snarky barbs, whining about salaries or perceived slights — ...
Read More »Missouri leads nation in TV ad spending for governor’s race
The contentious race to succeed term-limited Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has generated $27.5 million in television ads since last year, making it the most expensive governor’s race in the country, according to an independent analysis released Thursday. Political newcomer Eric ...
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