A key House committee endorsed a bill Thursday to lift the four-decade-old ban on crude oil exports, setting up a possible vote by the full House on a bill President Barack Obama opposes. The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved ...
Read More »GOP nominates Richard as Missouri Senate president pro tem
Missouri Republican senators on Tuesday chose Majority Leader Ron Richard to be the new Senate president pro tem. If elected by the full Senate, Richard would be the only person in state history to serve both as House speaker and ...
Read More »Census: Income, poverty numbers stay just about the same
The wallets of America’s middle class and poorest aren’t seeing any extra money, a new report said Wednesday, a financial stagnation experts say may be fueling political dissent this campaign season. The Census Bureau, in its annual look at poverty ...
Read More »University of Missouri cancels Planned Parenthood contracts
The University of Missouri and Planned Parenthood have ended their 26-year relationship after state lawmakers started investigating abortions performed at the organization’s clinics. Within the past month, university officials cancelled 10 contracts with Planned Parenthood clinics in four states where ...
Read More »US homebuilder sentiment hits highest level since Oct. 2005
U.S. homebuilders are feeling slightly more optimistic about the housing market, nudging their confidence this month to a level not seen since the high-flying days of the housing boom nearly 10 years ago. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo ...
Read More »Court halts execution of Oklahoma man who claims innocence
An appeals court halted the execution of an Oklahoma man with just hours to spare Wednesday after his attorneys said they had uncovered new evidence, including a fellow inmate’s claim that he overheard another man convicted in the case admit ...
Read More »Court again denies Kim Davis’ bid to delay marriage licenses
Embattled Kentucky clerk Kim Davis “has not demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success” in her legal bid to exempt her office from licensing same-sex marriages, a federal appeals court reiterated Tuesday. One day after Davis returned to work following a ...
Read More »World’s top brewers eye tie-up that would join Bud, Miller
The world’s two biggest brewers could be joining forces after Anheuser-Busch InBev, the maker of Budweiser and Corona, said Wednesday it has made a takeover approach to SABMiller Plc, the owner of Miller Genuine Draft and Peroni. While no specific ...
Read More »Breyer wants people to better grasp how high court functions
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer isn’t planning to retire anytime soon, but he doesn’t hesitate when asked about his legacy after more than two decades on the bench. He said he likes the late Justice Thurgood Marshall’s preference for having ...
Read More »Religious clerks in Kentucky follow law, but see conflict
Clerk Mike Johnston prays twice a day, once each morning and once each night, and asks the Lord to understand the decision he made to license same-sex marriage. “It’s still on my heart,” said Johnston, whose rural Carter County sits ...
Read More »Task force examining work conditions at Jackson County jail
A task force examining problems at the Jackson County Detention Center is focusing primarily on work conditions such as mandatory overtime that might have led to inmate abuse. County officials said last month that they had discovered four cases of ...
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