St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Budweiser is seeking to change its label for the summer. According to Ad Age, Anheuser-Busch InBev is awaiting federal approval to change its current label to a more patriotic theme over the summer months. The label would swap Budweiser with the word America. It would also include patriotic phrases. Budweiser has…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) St. Charles County leaders are considering opting out of the annual sales tax holiday weekend this summer in efforts to combat the area’s heroin epidemic. A bill was introduced at the St. Charles County Council meeting Monday night to use the extra revenue to hire two additional narcotics detectives. Officials…
( KTRS ) Voters in Missouri will decide this fall whether to extend a sales tax that funds state parks and conservation projects. Gov. Jay Nixon announced Monday that the ‘one-tenth of a cent’ sales tax will appear on the November ballot. The tax is written into the state constitution, but voters must reauthorize it…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The mother of Michael Brown says she’ll never forget the day a police officer killed her son in Ferguson. Lezley McSpadden says she was taking a cigarette break from her grocery store job in Clayton, another St. Louis suburb, when a friend called to say someone had been shot near Canfield…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Rookie Mattias Janmark ignited a three-goal first period and Kari Lehtonen made 35 saves for the Dallas Stars, who forced Game 7 with a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Monday night. Vernon Fiddler and Jason Spezza also scored for Dallas, which reclaimed home ice for the deciding game…
( KTRS ) Missouri’s schools would have to develop suicide prevention policies under a bill moving through the Legislature. The House passed the legislation, which would require colleges and universities to give all incoming students information about mental health resources. Universities and colleges would also have to educate students on recognizing depression and suicidal behavior.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A national gun control group says it is running an ad in Missouri’s capital city urging lawmakers to reject a bill making it easier to carry concealed guns. The ad by Everytown for Gun Safety is to start airing Tuesday in the Jefferson City and Columbia area. It comes as…
LA GRANGE, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner and other Republicans say bipartisan groups of Illinois lawmakers are making progress on initiatives that Rauner says are essential to a deal on a long-delayed state budget. Rauner and House GOP leader Jim Durkin said Monday rank-and-file legislators are finding agreement on issues such as property tax…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri voters will decide this fall whether to extend a sales tax that funds state parks and conservation projects. Gov. Jay Nixon announced Monday that the one-tenth cent parks, soils and water sales tax will appear on the November ballot. The tax is written into the state constitution, but voters…