A federal appeals court Friday refused to revive a Louisiana levee board’s lawsuit blaming dozens of oil and gas companies for damage to the state’s fragile coast, a major victory for energy companies and their political supporters who cast the ...
Read More »Oklahoma tribe sues oil companies in tribal court over quake
An Oklahoma-based Native American tribe filed a lawsuit in its own tribal court system Friday accusing several oil companies of triggering the state’s largest earthquake that caused extensive damage to some near-century-old tribal buildings. The Pawnee Nation alleges in the ...
Read More »Former longtime Missouri lawmaker Schneider dies at age 80
A former longtime Missouri lawmaker who served in the Legislature for 32 years has died. John Schneider’s daughter, Anne Golterman, said that her father died at his home Thursday — one day after his 80th birthday. Golterman said Schneider remained ...
Read More »Arrest made in national threats to Jewish community centers
A former journalist fired for making up details in stories is behind at least eight of the scores of threats made against Jewish institutions nationwide, and a bomb threat to New York’s Anti-Defamation League, in an effort to harass and ...
Read More »AP FACT CHECK: McCaskill wrong about contacts with Russian
Sen. Claire McCaskill was one of many Democrats taking umbrage at the revelation that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had twice met with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. during last year’s presidential campaign, during a furor over that country’s alleged ...
Read More »Mischief in the Capitol as GOP rebels stir up trouble
The Capitol is suddenly awash with trouble-makers and rebels — and that’s just the Republicans. Whatever GOP unity was produced by Donald Trump’s victory in November has all but disappeared, and Republican leaders are confronting open rebellion in their ranks ...
Read More »Jeb Bush: School choice is in Missouri’s future
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says Missouri’s public education system could use some upgrades, and he suggested Thursday that lawmakers look to the Sunshine State for examples. The former presidential candidate met with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and lawmakers to ...
Read More »Top official of struggling Missouri prison system to retire
A top administrator in Missouri’s troubled prison system is preparing to retire after more than 40 years on the job. Dave Dormire, director of the Missouri Department of Correction’s adult institutions division, will step down April 1. His resignation from ...
Read More »Russian ambassador in eye of storm over Trump campaign ties
The Trump administration’s back-to-back controversies over its Russian ties now have at least one thing in common: Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Moscow’s top diplomat is a Washington fixture with a sprawling network, and he has emerged as the central figure in ...
Read More »Yellen signals the Fed will likely raise rates this month
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is signaling that the Fed will likely resume raising interest rates later this month to reflect a strengthening job market and inflation edging toward the central bank’s 2 percent target rate. Yellen also says in ...
Read More »Judge: Blood tests will be allowed at attorney’s trial
A judge has ruled that blood alcohol evidence will be allowed in the drunken-driving assault trial of the Moniteau County prosecuting attorney. Attorneys for Shayne Healea argued the blood evidence shouldn’t be allowed because the officer who filed it didn’t ...
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