BERLIN (AP) – German drug and chemicals company Bayer AG says it has made a $62 billion offer to buy U.S.-based crops and seeds specialist Monsanto Company. Bayer said Monday that the all-cash offer values Monsanto shares at $122 each. It said in a statement that the acquisition “would be a compelling opportunity to create…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature this year passed tax breaks for goods and services ranging from wheelchairs to yoga classes. That might mean a showdown with Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, whose administration says the tax breaks could lead to an $80 million hole in the state budget. Legislative researchers put the price…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Carmen Valero-Aracama already had one advanced degree. She got another one for the simple reason that she wants a better understanding of her child. Valero-Aracama earned a doctorate in horticulture years ago. This week, she was among 3,000 students who graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, earning a doctorate in audiology.…
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Hotels, restaurants and even community groups who work at arena concession stands are feeling the economic shockwaves from the growing number of canceled concerts and shows over North Carolina’s new LGBT law. Greensboro Coliseum Complex lost an estimated $188,000 from three no-shows since the law was passed in March and city…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Agriculture and mining industries could gain more influence over Missouri’s water regulations under legislation awaiting the governor’s approval. The Legislature voted this month to allow industry-backed commissioners to replace public representatives on the Clean Water Commission. Some in the agriculture community criticized the commission for revoking a permit for a…
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ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jury selection has begun in the murder-for-hire trial of a former suburban Chicago police officer who’s accused of plotting to kill the prosecutor who put him behind bars in his third wife’s death. Sixty-two-year-old Drew Peterson was convicted in 2012 of first-degree murder. Kathleen Savio’s death eight years earlier initially was…