( KTRS ) Republican lawmakers say Gov. Jay Nixon’s State of the State address outlined unrealistic spending proposals and ignored specific steps to improve Missouri’s economy. In a news conference Wednesday evening, after Nixon’s eighth and final annual address, House Speaker Todd Richardson said Nixon’s speech was more of a victory lap than a proposal…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Two proposals aimed at adding requirements for voting are moving forward in the Missouri House. Lawmakers in a voice vote Wednesday gave initial approval to a constitutional amendment and a bill aimed at requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls. Republicans defeated Democrats’ attempts to add more forms…
The All Lives Matter Act was sponsored by state Representative Mike Moon
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The federal trial is over in a lawsuit alleging racial bias in the way school board members are elected in a district that includes Ferguson, but a ruling is still months away. The trial in the American Civil Liberties Union’s lawsuit against the Ferguson-Florissant School District concluded Tuesday. The St. Louis…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A St. Louis County man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his friend on a Ferguson street in 2013. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 32-year-old Terry Lee Simmons was sentenced in the shooting death of 28-year-old Quinton Luckett. Luckett was fatally shot on Nov. 9, 2013. Prosecutors…
EDISON, N.J. (AP) – A New Jersey town has been ordered to reinstate a police officer who asked a woman to model lingerie for him when he responded to a hotel for a fire alarm. Edison Township fired patrolman Anthony Sarni in October. Sarni admitted to authorities that he saw shopping bags in her room…
The 74-year-old self-described democratic socialist is in position to win both Iowa and New Hampshire
Missouri’s unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest point in more than a decade
