Last February, Mitch and Annika Dworet became part of a small circle no parent wants to join. Sons Nick and Alex were in classrooms across from each other at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman opened fire with ...
Read More »Long-term care rape in Arizona spurs video surveillance push
Arizona is trying to catch up to 10 states with laws allowing electronic monitoring and other technology aimed at deterring abuse of vulnerable people at long-term care facilities, following the rape of an incapacitated Phoenix woman who later gave birth. ...
Read More »Missouri House passes bill on closing public records
A bill that one lawmaker said would mean “the most radical undermining of open records and transparency law in state history” passed the Missouri House on Thursday. But the bill’s sponsor said he’ll work to tamp down the most contested ...
Read More »Democrats seek Green New Deal to address climate change
Democrats including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York are calling for a Green New Deal intended to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy. The freshman lawmaker is teaming up with ...
Read More »Senate panel approves Trump’s attorney general nominee
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved President Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general. William Barr’s nomination was approved along party lines Thursday. It now heads to the Senate floor, where Barr is expected to be confirmed. That vote could come ...
Read More »Trump launching campaign to end HIV epidemic in US by 2030
President Donald Trump is launching a campaign to end the HIV epidemic in the United States by 2030, targeting areas where new infections happen and getting highly effective drugs to people at risk. His move is being greeted with a ...
Read More »Missouri police chief on leave amid use of force inquiry
A Missouri police chief is on administrative leave amid allegations that he used excessive force against a father accused of trying to drown his 6-month-old daughter in a pond. FBI investigators visited the baby’s father, Jonathon Stephen Zicarelli, on Friday ...
Read More »Defense says Missouri officer’s killing wasn’t premeditated
A man on trial for the fatal shooting of a St. Louis County police officer had talked on social media and in text messages about wanting to die in a “suicide by cop” encounter and told the fallen officer’s partner ...
Read More »Missouri lawmakers advance bill to limit open records law
Missouri lawmakers on Monday advanced a proposal that one critic said would gut the state’s open records law. House members in a voice vote gave initial approval to legislation that keeps records from being public if they are “received or ...
Read More »Chesterfield looks into secession if merger moves forward
The proposed merger of St. Louis city and county has one municipality considering a drastic measure — merging into an adjacent county. St. Louis Public Radio reports that Chesterfield City Council members this week voted to direct staff to look ...
Read More »Rule change may close misconduct hearings in Missouri House
Legislative hearings concerning alleged misconduct by Missouri House members could be closed to the public under new rules intended to shield the identities of those targeted by sexual harassment. The House rule changes adopted this past week also could effectively ...
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