(KTRS) – One Illinois State Senator is calling on lawmakers to stop paying Dennis Hastert his taxpayer-funded pension. Hastert currently gets $28,000-a-year from his pension for his years of service as a state legislator. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison in a hush-money case that revealed accusations that he sexually abused teenagers.
(KTRS) – 14-year-old Destiny Gleason’s family took her off life support last weekend after the teen hanged herself three days earlier. The Gleasons say that Destiny was the victim of bullying by a group of kids at Black Hawk Middle School, so tomorrow, Destiny’s parents are asking other kids to bring their photos and share…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal to stop Texas from enforcing its challenged voter ID law. The law has been in effect for recent elections, even after a trial judge struck it down in 2014 and an appellate panel found last year the law had a discriminatory effect on minority…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â There’s a new initiative aimed at reducing drug overdose deaths. St. Louis Alderwoman Cara Spencer is scheduled to introduce legislation during Friday’s Board Of Aldermen meeting that would allow someone to call for help during a medical emergency without fear of being prosecuted for the drugs that are present at the…
Springfield, MO (KTRS) Â Efforts continue to expand Illinois’ medical marijuana program. Next week’s meeting of the state’s Medical Cannabis Advisory Board could lead to new recommendations, but Governor Bruce Rauner’s administration has twice before rejected the board’s suggestions. This time, the expert panel will discuss petitions submitted during January. Fifteen conditions are on the agenda.…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Ted Cruz is looking to Indiana’s governor to help stop Donald Trump’s march to the Republican presidential nomination. Cruz said Friday that he’d “enthusiastically welcome” Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s support before the state’s primary Tuesday. Cruz needs a victory after getting swept by GOP front-runner Donald Trump in five Northeastern states earlier…
HOUSTON (AP) – Two anti-abortion activists arrested in connection with making undercover Planned Parenthood videos are rejecting plea deals offering them probation. Sandra Merritt’s attorneys said Friday she won’t settle the case through pretrial diversion, a form of probation that would keep her out of prison and ultimately have the charges dismissed. Attorneys for fellow…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Federal safety investigators say a regional jet made an emergency landing in Philadelphia after smoke was reported in the cabin and the cockpit. Airline officials say one passenger aboard Friday morning’s Piedmont Airlines flight from Richmond, Virginia, requested a medical evaluation but did not need to be hospitalized. Investigators initially reported slides…
