JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri budget director says revenue is up more than 4 percent this fiscal year compared to last. State budget director Dan Haug on Monday said revenues for the fiscal year that started July 1 are so far 4.2 percent higher than in 2015. This fiscal year, the state has…
WASHINGTON (AP) –Â On the eve of the Wisconsin primary, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is now predicting that he’s “going to have a really, really big victory.” Trump’s rhetoric in the state has grown increasingly confident over the last three days. Saturday morning, he was on the defensive, complaining about the coverage he’s received from…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A man accused of stealing $31 worth of candy bars from a New Orleans store faces a king-size sentence: He could get 20 years to life in prison. The New Orleans Advocate reports that 34-year-old Jacobia Grimes pleaded not guilty Thursday. Orleans Parish prosecutors charged Grimes under a statute that boosts…
Chicago, IL  (KTRS)  Illinois’ medical marijuana sales continue to rise. Retail sales of medical marijuana in Illinois increased by roughly 30 percent in March compared to the previous month. Program director Joseph Wright says the state’s registered dispensaries sold $1.9 million worth of marijuana in March to more than 4,700 patients. This marks the best month yet…
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  Three are dead following a violent night in the city of St. Louis. Police say a man  in his 20s was fatally shot in the 2200 block of January Avenue in the Hill neighborhood at just before 10 p.m. Sunday.  This was followed by another fatal shooting in downtown St. Louis.  Police…
