JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Republican-led Missouri Senate for the first time in years debated a bill to repeal the state’s death penalty, though the measure is unlikely to advance. A bipartisan group of lawmakers to implored their colleagues Monday to end capital punishment. Missouri has executed 18 killers in the last two years. Republican…
(KTRS) – Missouri-American Water company customers could be facing higher bills. The utility is asking the Missouri Public Service Commission to approve a roughly 10-percent rate hike. The company says the need the extra money for water and sewer system improvements. There are a trio of public meetings on the rate hike request–one Monday at…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says it has reached an agreement with the governor’s office to reopen the state museum by charging admission and closing two branches to save money. The announcement Monday comes three days after Gov. Bruce Rauner rejected legislation to reopen the museum. Rauner used his veto…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A higher-education accrediting agency says the state budget impasse could have “significant” consequences for the public colleges and universities in Illinois. The Champaign News-Gazette reports that the Higher Learning Commission, the regional accrediting agency for 19 states including Illinois, issued a warning to Governor Bruce Rauner and members of the General…
Ferguson was released in 2013 after an appeals court ruling
Warren is the only one of the Senate’s 14 Democratic women who hasn’t endorsed Clinton
