Missouri’s lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax will stay that way following the failure of two separate cigarette tax proposals. Voters on Tuesday turned aside both Amendment 3 and Proposition A. As a result, the cigarette tax in the state will remain at 17 cents per pack. Amendment 3 would have increased the cigarette tax by 60 cents…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republicans, who already control a solid majority of governorships, are seeking to add to their ranks as voters pick chief executives in a dozen states. Most of those states are currently led by Democrats. Campaigns for governor shattered fundraising records in Missouri and drew national attention over transgender bathroom rights…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Long lines and long wait times are being reported at polling sites throughout the St. Louis area today on Election Day. Voters are reporting average wait times of 30 minutes. Others have reported wait times of as long as an hour. The polls close at 7 p.m. Election official say if…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis-area mother of two boys who police say were shot to death by their father before he killed himself says the tragedy happened after she told him she wanted a divorce. St. Louis County police say 43-year-old Christopher Cadenbach took his own life Saturday after killing 5-year-old Ethan Cadenbach…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois data shows almost one in four public school teachers in the state miss 10-plus days of the school year. The Chicago Tribune reports the annual Illinois Report Card, a compilation of data that paints a broad picture of schools, shows that 23.5 percent of public school teachers are absent more than…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Two former party-switchers are running to become Missouri’s next governor, but that’s where the similarities end in the race between Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster and Republican former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens. The race to succeed Jay Nixon and lead state government is coming down to a vivid choice between…
CHICAGO (AP) – The number of Illinois residents who have voted ahead of Election Day has broken state records and is still growing. The State Board of Elections released totals Monday showing the number of voters who cast in-person ballots through Sunday was approaching 1.3 million. That surpasses the roughly 1 million who did so…
CUSHING, Okla. (AP) – State regulators in Oklahoma say normal operations have resumed at the Cushing oil storage terminal after a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck Sunday night. Oklahoma Corporation Commission spokesman Matt Skinner says pipelines are operating Monday at the storage terminal, which is one of the world’s key oil hubs. Cushing is located about…
