SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois General Assembly approved a measure allowing home health care workers to get overtime pay for work over 40 hours a week. The 68-42 vote in the House Wednesday would allow disabled people aided by visiting workers to keep familiar faces helping them even if work exceeds 40 hours in…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Planned Parenthood affiliates in Missouri are asking a federal judge to prevent the state from enforcing two laws that they say restrict access to abortion. The affiliates filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging requirements that abortion clinics meet standards for surgical centers and that their doctors have privileges in nearby…
University City, MO (KTRS) The City Manager for University City is off the job. The University City Council on Tuesday night voted to suspend Lehman Walker indefinitely. Walker has been under criticism for much of the six years he has served University City. The council also authorized the hiring of a special counsel to…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois House failed to overturn the governor’s veto of a bill that would have allowed automatic voter registration at some state agencies. Democrats who advocated for the override Tuesday were four votes shy of the 71 needed to have the bill become law despite the rejection from Republican Gov. Bruce…
SMITHVILLE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say there were no injuries as a result of a blaze that erupted when a gas pipeline ruptured north of Kansas City, Missouri. A Platte County Sheriff’s Department dispatcher said the fire was reported about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Platte County, north of Kansas City and not far from Kansas…
SPRINGFIELED, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois House committee has endorsed a revised plan to subsidize Illinois nuclear plants. The Energy Committee voted 10-1 to send the legislation to benefit Exelon and two of its Illinois nuclear plants to the House floor. The plan now would provide $235 million a year for Exelon for 13 years…
( KTRS ) Illinois State Police say in a report that an off-duty Washington Park officer only shot a man, at the Cahokia Walmart, after the suspect drove a car towards him. The dead man, 35 yr old Jason Stringer, was wanted on warrants and had a history of eluding police in the past. The…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A $1 million federal grant will provide housing for homeless people in St. Louis. The city announced Tuesday that it has been awarded a Housing First grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Mayor Francis Slay’s office says the grant will be used to immediately move homeless people…
( KTRS ) A man charged with felony child abuse will now face upgraded charges after his 9 week old victim died. 19 yr old Robert Burnette is currently in jail, accused of sticking his fingers down the newborn child’s throat to stop his crying. The baby was also thrown on a bed and shaken.…
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