Missouri lawmakers will return to the state Capitol on Wednesday to kick off the 2015 legislative session, with an agenda that will include issues related to the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old in Ferguson by a white police officer and renewed attempts to rewrite Missouri's laws for struggling schools.
Read More »Appeals court rules against KKK in leafleting suit
The American Civil Liberties Union is appealing a ruling that prohibits the Ku Klux Klan from leafleting in the streets of a small southeast Missouri town.
Read More »Petition audit results released for Kimmswick
A petition audit released this week by State Auditor Tom Schweich rated the City of Kimmswick’s overall performance as “fair,” indicating a need for improvement.
Read More »Round-up: Who is running in April election
Candidate filing for the April 7, 2015 general municipal election began on Dec. 16 and runs through Jan. 20.
Read More »Fake signatures suspected in early voting measure
An initiative petition that sought to qualify an early voting measure for the Missouri ballot included the supposed signatures of dead people among other potentially fraudulent names, according to a report from state's top election official.
Read More »T-Mobile to pay Missouri $280K for text charges
Missouri will get more than $280,000 from T-Mobile following claims that the company was unfairly charging customers for third-party text message subscriptions.
Read More »Executions, new death sentences continue to fall nationally
Despite a record number of executions in Missouri this year, executions and new death sentences nationwide dropped to their lowest numbers in decades in 2014, an anti-death penalty group said in a new report.
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Read More »County budget gets first round approval
After a somewhat cantankerous meeting, the Jefferson County Council approved an amended 2015 budget during its first reading at Monday’s meeting.
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Read More »Crystal City police chief set to retire
Crystal City Police Chief Jeff McCreary plans to retire from the police department on Jan. 5, he announced at the work session Monday night.
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Read More »Hell hath no fury like a tort reformer scorned
The Missouri Supreme Court has never been the American Tort Reform Association’s favorite group of judges, but this year the national business lobbying group was particularly peeved, ranking the state's high court as No. 6 of seven "Judicial Hellholes."
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Read More »Board approves early retirement for more Fox administrators
Three more administrators are planning to retire early from the Fox School District.
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