SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A federal judge has ordered former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock to provide some records to prosecutors as part of a grand jury probe into the Illinois Republican’s spending. U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough’s ruling, issued Feb. 12, was unsealed Wednesday. Among the 16 records Schock must turn over are documents related…
( KTRS ) Lawmakers are looking at changing the ways police collect and store the enormous amount of data that comes from relatively new technology, including video, audio and location. Missouri lawmakers have filed at least 10 bills, though most have not yet received a committee vote. Some lawmakers say they worry devices like body cameras…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – New state data shows most school districts across Illinois are spending more than they’re taking in and dipping into reserves or borrowing to stay afloat. The Chicago Tribune (http://trib.in/1pLQv8J ) reports that the 2016 School District Financial Profile Scores was released Wednesday by the Illinois State Board of Education to gauge…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Challengers in two politically tinged cases at the Supreme Court this week face the seemingly insurmountable problem of being unable to count the five votes they need to prevail. The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has deprived conservatives of a reliable vote on a range of issues, and two such cases are…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The daughter of a St. Louis woman slain more than three decades ago is pressing for the release of the man imprisoned for the killing, saying he didn’t commit the crime. The Post-Dispatch reports Melissa Davis told a judge Friday that she was wrong to identify Rodney Lincoln as the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow utilities to raise customers’ rates every year with less control by regulators. Proponents of the measure say the increases will be more predictable and subject to yearly limits. The Kansas City Star reports that opponents say customers would almost be guaranteed…
BRUSSELS (AP) – Officials are taking to Twitter to mark the capture of Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam in Brussels. Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the anti-Islamic State coalition, tweeted, “Congratulations to Belgium authorities on capture of ISIL terrorist Saleh Abdeslam. We will never forget his and all ISIL victims.” In Belgium, migration state…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Top executives from some of the St. Louis area’s largest companies say Missouri’s proposed religious freedom bill could have a devastating impact on the state’s economy. Leaders from Monsanto, MasterCard and other firms joined Gov. Jay Nixon Friday at the St. Louis Regional Chamber to express opposition to Senate Joint Resolution…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Services are set for an eastern Missouri woman who authorities in Mexico say was strangled by her American boyfriend while they vacationed. John Loveless has been ordered by a judge in Mexico to stand trial in the death of 36-year-old Tamra Turpin of the St. Louis suburb of Union. Authorities there…
(KTRS) – The St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission is set to hear rules concerning bicycle taxis. Some of the changes officials could consider including posting fares on pedicabs and performing background checks using fingerprints. The proposal would call for limiting predicab fares to $2 per block with an extra charge of $1 for a third…