The problem of exploding air bags could be widening beyond Japanese manufacturer Takata Corp. U.S. safety regulators are investigating inflators made by ARC Automotive Inc. that went into about 420,000 older Fiat Chrysler Town and Country minivans and another 70,000 ...
Read More »Missouri judge drops lawsuit over lethal injection policy
A lawsuit against Missouri over lethal injection policies for executions has been dismissed. Cole County Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce on Monday dropped the case. A group of Missouri taxpayers and former lawmakers had claimed the state illegally obtains the drug ...
Read More »Analysis: Missouri stance on local minimum wages unclear
A veto by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon of legislation aimed at preventing local governments from raising minimum wages has left Missouri cities in murky legal territory over whether such ordinances are allowed under current law. The Friday veto comes at ...
Read More »After years of declining crime, a spike in city violence
Police departments across the country that have spent years boasting about plummeting crime numbers are now scrambling to confront something many agencies have not seen in decades: more bloodshed. Houston, St. Louis, New Orleans and Baltimore have all seen significant ...
Read More »Mom of teen wounded by St. Louis police questions shooting
The mother of an armed, 16-year-old boy who was shot and paralyzed by St. Louis police is questioning whether officers needed to fire upon her son. Antoinette Liggins, 42, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that Brandon Claxton “shouldn’t have had ...
Read More »Nixon vetoes bill limiting scholarships for immigrants
Gov. Jay Nixon said Saturday that he is vetoing a measure that would block immigrants who are illegally in the U.S. from receiving money under Missouri’s A+ scholarship program. He made the announcement during a speech to the National Council ...
Read More »Missouri GOP Lt. Gov. Kinder announces bid for governor
Missouri Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder vowed to “return to law and order” in announcing his candidacy for governor Sunday. The announcement occurred at a restaurant in Dellwood, near the border of Ferguson and not far from various businesses that ...
Read More »Hanaway has $1.5 million for campaign for Missouri governor
Former Missouri House Speaker and U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway says she has about $1.5 million to spend on a campaign for governor. Hanaway on Monday said her campaign received about $360,000 in donations from 200 contributors during the past three ...
Read More »Former Park Hills firefighter sentenced for arson fires
A former eastern Missouri firefighter accused with two of his previous colleagues in a 2013 string of arson fires has been sentenced to five years of probation. The (Park Hills) Daily Journal reports that 22-year-old David Radford of Park Hills ...
Read More »St. Louis officials OK $20M for federal agency land
St. Louis aldermen have approved a financing package that will mortgage city buildings to raise millions in a bid to keep a national agency in St. Louis. The aldermen approved the plan Friday to mortgage two city buildings to free ...
Read More »Fort Leonard Wood to see reduction of 774 troops
Although Fort Leonard Wood will lose about 15 percent of its active-duty troops in the next two years, the Army reductions announced Thursday could have been much worse, several of Missouri’s political leaders said. The reduction of 774 troops out of 5,168 ...
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