JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature is weighing a number of tax breaks for businesses as the session wraps up. Proposed tax breaks range from a package of small business incentives to an exemption for farmers who raise deer to sell their urine. The small business proposal is close to passage. Businesses with…
BALLWIN, Mo. (AP) – Donald Trump has complained about a “rigged” political system, and after Missouri’s congressional district conventions, some of his supporters agree with him. The New York businessman narrowly defeated Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in Missouri’s presidential primary on March 15, earning 37 of the state’s 52 delegates to the Republican National Convention…
( KTRS ) The Bridgeton Police Department has issued an Endangered Silver Advisory Alert for a missing elderly woman. 71 yr old Delores Robinson, was last seen walking eastbound on foot from a Kohl’s department store on St. Charles Rock Road. Authorities report that Ms. Robinson suffers from dementia. She was last seen wearing a…
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Elephants will perform for the last time at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on Sunday. The move closes the circus’ chapter on a controversial practice that has entertained audiences since circuses began in America two centuries ago. Six Asian elephants will deliver their final performances in Providence, Rhode…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — There are two weeks left for the Missouri Legislature to pass bills, and some Democrats are frustrated another year has passed without major changes to the state’s law enforcement policies. Lawmakers are trying to bring the state’s laws into line with a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that police can…
BALLWIN, Mo. (AP) — Donald Trump has complained about a “rigged” political system, and after Missouri’s congressional district conventions, some of his supporters agree with him. The New York businessman narrowly defeated Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in Missouri’s presidential primary on March 15, earning 37 of the state’s 52 delegates to the Republican National Convention…
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 4 million Nissan cars are being recalled due to major safety problems where passenger air bags or seat belts could fail in a crash. Nissan North America, Inc. says the first problem is with a sensor that detects if the front passenger seat is occupied. The issue, with 3.2 million…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a mid-year increase to Missouri’s budget that adds more than $460 million in spending to the state’s current $26 billion budget. Nixon on Friday approved the additional spending, of which more than $150 comes from the federal government. Most of the additional spending will go…