CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois medical marijuana shops had their best month yet in February with nearly $1.5 million in sales, bringing total retail sales to more than $4.4 million since the program began Nov. 9. Program director Joseph Wright announced Tuesday that registered dispensaries served 3,042 unique patients during February. Two new dispensaries joined the…
( KTRS ) Missouri lawmakers are grappling with how to address questions of racial bias in policing and how to manage body camera footage. A Senate panel heard two proposals Tuesday to establish more rigorous reporting requirements for police encounters. Democratic Sen. Jamilah Nasheed said the bills would help restore trust in law enforcement. Sheldon Lineback…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri House members have given initial approval to a prescription drug monitoring program. Lawmakers debated the legislation Tuesday after House leadership spent about three weeks trying to smooth over disagreements between Republicans. It was approved 91-68. A monitoring system is aimed at informing doctors and pharmacists when similar prescriptions were…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri measure would create a panel aimed at finding ways to address concerns about the University of Missouri. Columbia Republican Sen. Kurt Schaefer proposed a resolution Tuesday to establish a commission to review the university and suggest changes. The measure notes that if the university doesn’t follow recommendations, lawmakers…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois lawmakers want to hold additional hearings to discuss how to proceed with a pair of similar bills aiming to deal with the state’s pension debt. The state House Personnel and Pensions Committee held its first meeting Monday on the two proposals. Members of the committee said more hearings needed to…
The event to mark the delivery of Girl Scout Cookies and the opening of special cookie sale booths broke all previous fundraising efforts
Joyce has said he filed suit because he fears if the Texas senator becomes the GOP nominee, Democrats will get him kicked off the ballot in some states or Cruz will be forced to drop out
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is showing weariness with repeated questions about when – and whether – he has disavowed any connection with David Duke, a onetime Ku Klux Klan leader. Interviewed by phone on ABC’s “Good Morning America” as voters went to the polls early Tuesday, Trump said once again that he…
