SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – When Illinois lawmakers revamped the Freedom of Information Act in 2009 and created an outside appeals process for public records requests denied by state government, they made an exception – themselves. Records requests denied by the General Assembly are not subject to review by the attorney general’s public access counselor, the…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he will not seek a recount of results in Missouri’s Democratic primary, conceding defeat to Hillary Clinton. Sanders says in an interview with The Associated Press that it’s unlikely the results will affect the awarding of delegates in the state and he would “prefer to save the…
MOSCOW MILLS, Mo. (AP) – An eastern Missouri farmer killed in an attack by a bull has been identified. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1R1jwaT ) reports that 68-year-old Gary Harrell of Moscow Mills was killed by an aggressive bull Friday on his property. A relative found Harrell after his family grew worried when he didn’t…
( KTRS ) Illinois Senate Democrats passed a $3.8 billion funding bill for colleges and social services despite Republican objections that the state doesn’t have the money to fulfill the proposal’s promises. Democrats used their considerable majority in the chamber to pass the bill on a 39-18 vote. The bill would give nearly $1.9 billion…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Republican rivals of Missouri gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens’ slammed him during a debate for not returning $1 million from a donor accused of sexual abuse. Former House speaker and U.S. attorney Catherine Hanaway said at the Thursday debate in Columbia that Greitens isn’t taking an abused woman’s word for it. At…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Girls who want an abortion in Missouri would need to tell both their parents under a bill that has passed the House. Lawmakers voted 121-34 Thursday to pass a bill requiring a minor to submit to her abortion doctor the written consent of one parent along with written proof that…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’ overdue bills are actually 16 percent higher than previously reported and could top $10 billion by end of the fiscal year. Comptroller Leslie Munger told a state Senate appropriations committee Thursday that the state owes $7.6 billion to private service-providers whose work is required by court orders. But there’s about…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri system’s governing board is dismissing a national professors group’s claims that an educator was unjustly fired over her run-ins with student journalists. The curators rebuffed the American Association of University Professors’ contention that assistant communications professor Melissa Click didn’t get due process before the board fired her…
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Democratic lawmaker is accusing Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder of being responsible for the lead contamination in the water supply in Flint, Michigan. And at a hearing today, Congressman Elijah Cummings of Maryland said that if Snyder were running a business instead of running a state, he would probably be facing criminal…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump is looking more like the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, and that raises questions about how he would keep paying for his campaign. He has spent about $30 million of his own money so far, he says. A general election could cost far more. But as nominee, he would get major…