President Donald Trump’s former fixer, Michael Cohen, told Congress it was Trump’s personal attorney, Jay Sekulow, who suggested he tell lawmakers that the negotiations for Trump Tower Moscow ended in January 2016, even though they continued for months after that. ...
Read More »Missouri grapples with children living in poverty
The leader of a Jefferson City daycare said she hasn’t seen any evidence of a reported downturn in the number of Missouri children living in poverty. Data from coalition group Missourians to End Poverty shows that roughly 261,000 children are ...
Read More »Abortion-rights groups challenge restrictions on providers
As abortion opponents cheer the passage of fetal heartbeat laws and other bans on the procedure, abortion-rights groups have been waging a quieter battle in courthouses around the country to overturn less direct restrictions passed in recent years. At least ...
Read More »State will temporarily stay proceedings in duck-boat case
State proceedings against the owner of a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people, will be temporarily halted until federal charges in the case are resolved, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced May 16. ...
Read More »Missouri’s GOP-led Legislature passes 8-week abortion ban
Missouri’s Republican-led House on Friday passed sweeping legislation designed to survive court challenges, which would ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. If enacted, the ban would be among the most restrictive in the U.S. It includes exceptions for medical ...
Read More »Feds: US Supreme Court should turn down ‘Bridgegate’ appeal
The U.S. solicitor general’s office has recommended that the U.S. Supreme Court not hear the appeal of two convicted defendants in the “Bridgegate” case, nudging the four-year legal saga of New Jersey’s most famous traffic jam toward a conclusion. “Further ...
Read More »Missouri lawmakers OK state aid for St. Louis Blues arena
The home of the St. Louis Blues could receive $70 million in state subsidies for two decades to help pay for renovations that local officials hope will attract more amateur sports events to the arena. Missouri lawmakers gave final approval ...
Read More »Missouri Senate joins GOP anti-abortion wave with 8-week ban
Missouri’s Republican-led Senate has passed a wide-ranging bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy, acting only hours after Alabama’s governor signed a near-total abortion ban into law. The Missouri bill needs another vote of approval in the GOP-led ...
Read More »Missouri lawmakers OK limits on local industrial farm rules
A bill that would prevent local officials in Missouri from regulating industrial farms more strictly than the state does is heading to the desk of GOP Gov. Mike Parson, a cattle rancher who seems likely to sign the measure into ...
Read More »Missouri lawmakers pass GM tax break bill
Missouri lawmakers passed a package of new business tax breaks and scholarships backed by Gov. Mike Parson after a group of fellow Republicans opposed to parts of the bill ended a more than 27-hour filibuster in the Senate this week. ...
Read More »Woman on panel that would review complaints aided lobbyist
A member of a state panel that would have heard appeals of college sex-discrimination cases such as her son’s sent her lobbyist husband related background information as he worked to change Missouri law in favor of the accused, emails obtained ...
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