JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s governor has vetoed a measure that would have allowed the state’s doctors to charge Medicaid patients fees for missing appointments without advance notice. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon rejected Senate Bill 608 on Tuesday, saying the legislation “would needlessly punish our state’s most vulnerable citizens.” Under the measure sent to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican leaders of a Missouri Senate investigation say they didn’t find evidence that Planned Parenthood illegally sold fetal tissue in the state. However, they say the investigation did indicate that Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri did not follow state law and regulatory procedures for disposal…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Police are investigating an incident in which a Baptist church in St. Louis was vandalized and set on fire. The St. Louis Dispatch (http://bit.ly/29p9Vvj ) reports that officers responded to a building alarm at Greater St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church around 2 a.m. Tuesday. Police say the building was on fire,…