JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s revenues are up nearly 3.6 percent compared to last year, but that’s just half the pace necessary to pay for everything in the state budget. Acting State Budget Director Dan Haug says the figures released Tuesday show solid growth of about 5.6 percent in the withholding taxes that comprise…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats are throwing millions of dollars into TV ads tethering House Republican candidates to Donald Trump all around the country. They say the strategy is bolstering their quest for big gains in the chamber in this November’s elections. Republicans discount the impact their presidential nominee will have on House races. They say…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A task force appointed by Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback suggests ending the monthly reports that compare the state’s tax collections to projections of how much money it’ll bring in. A proposal released Tuesday by the task force instead wants to do monthly reports only comparing tax collections to the previous…
Hazelwood, MO (KTRS) A murder at a north county motel is being investigated. Police say a 23-year-old woman was shot to death at around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Days Inn on North Hanley Road in Hazelwood. The incident appears to be drug related according to investigators. There’s no word of any arrests. The victim’s…
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – Last month was one of the warmest Septembers on record in Illinois. State climatologist Jim Angel says September’s average temperature was nearly 71 degrees, or 4.5 degrees above normal. State records go back to 1895. September of this year was tied for sixth place with the year 2005. The warmest September…
A Bellefontaine Neighbors police officer is recovering after a traffic accident. Fox 2 news reports that the incident took place Monday night around 7:15pm, in St. Louis County. The officer was responding to a call for a disturbance when their cruiser was struck by an SUV at the intersection of Hornsby and Broadway. The officer…
( KTRS ) A man walked into a Casey’s general store in Alton, IL. last week, claiming he had been shot in a meet up from Graiglist. Now authorities have discovered that he was shot, during a home break in. 29 yr old Brenton Webster, of Wood River has been charged with home invasion, armed…
CHICAGO (AP) – The attorney general for Illinois is calling on state lawmakers to pass legislation removing statutes of limitations for child sex abuse crimes in response to the case against former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert. Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office says state lawmakers have four similar proposals pending on the matter. The soonest…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Associated Press asked Missouri’s gubernatorial candidates about education funding in advance of the Nov. 8 election. Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster says he’ll fully fund the state’s foundation formula “as quickly as possible.” Republican former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens says the focus should be on results in the classroom,…
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