( KTRS ) The Missouri Legislature has passed the first bill in a package of legislation aimed at tightening ethics laws for lawmakers. The Senate voted 32-0 Tuesday to ban lawmakers and statewide elected officials from working as paid political consultants while they are in office. The legislation would prohibit office holders from getting paid…
NEW YORK (AP) – The NFL has demanded The New York Times retract a front-page story that called the league’s concussion research flawed and likened the NFL’s handling of head trauma to the tobacco industry’s response to the dangers of cigarettes. In a letter from its law firm to the general counsels of the newspaper…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Brian Elliott made 20 saves and Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 36th goal to lift the St. Louis Blues over the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory. David Backes and Troy Brouwer also scored for the Blues, who are tied with Dallas atop the Central Division after…
( KTRS ) Candidate filing to run for Congress, the state Legislature and statewide offices in Missouri has ended. The secretary of state’s office reports almost 500 candidates filed to run for various offices this year. More Republicans are running than Democrats, with 255 GOP candidates and 197 Democratic hopefuls. St. Louis businessman John Brunner, former…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri Senate panel has begun making changes to the House’s version of the state budget, but many of the most contentious issues remain unresolved. The Senate’s budget writers Tuesday left open questions about how to fund soaring Medicaid costs and higher education. Gov. Jay Nixon has said a 6…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Police say a man was fatally shot as he was polishing the wheels of his vehicle in the St. Louis neighborhood of Baden. St. Louis Police Lt. John Green said that two men got out of a car and opened fire on the man as he was working on his car…