WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders netted nearly three dozen delegates after his win in Hawaii, having swept three states. It’s a solid showing, but it didn’t significantly tighten Hillary Clinton’s overall big lead. Sanders needs to win 67 percent of the remaining delegates and uncommitted superdelegates through June to be able to clinch the Democratic nomination.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A number of Republicans’ priorities have yet to be voted on at the midway point of what’s already been a sometimes tumultuous legislative session in Missouri. With the session ending May 13, the Republican-led Legislature has a little less than two months to try to pass a budget and legislation…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The coal industry is struggling, but a spokesman for St. Louis-based Peabody Energy says neither coal nor the company is going away. Heavy debt loads are weighing on companies like Peabody that made acquisitions when coal prices peaked, prompting a lengthy slump. Peabody, the nation’s largest coal company, warned earlier this…