JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri mega-donors say a newly approved constitutional amendment to cap campaign contributions won’t keep money out of politics. Almost 70 percent of voters on Tuesday approved capping donations to candidates at $2,600 per election. Checks to political parties can’t exceed $25,000. A spokesman for wealthy donor Rex Sinquefield says that…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Democratic Congressman William Lacy Clay says the election of Donald Trump as president should have no impact on the settlement agreement between the city of Ferguson and the U.S. Department of Justice. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Clay spoke Thursday at a St. Louis forum on criminal justice reform. He…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The top Democratic leaders in the Illinois Legislature say they will not attend a postelection meeting that Gov. Bruce Rauner called for Monday to discuss ending an epic budget standoff. Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s spokesman issued a statement Sunday afternoon saying a scheduling conflict would prevent Madigan from meeting with…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating after a 5-year-old child was shot in north St. Louis. Police say It happened shortly before 1 pm Sunday afternoon, in the 2500 block of North Grand. Investigators say the boy was taken to a hospital in stable condition. No further details have been released. An investigation is ongoing.
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois is marking its first year of medical marijuana sales as more states voted on Election Day to allow legal use of the drug. The Chicago Tribune reports that despite anecdotes of medical marijuana’s positive influence on patients, broader data and randomized clinical trials of its use remain very limited. Officials report…