CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says Chris Kennedy, the son of the late Robert F. Kennedy, would be an “excellent candidate” for governor in 2018. Madigan made the comments in Philadelphia at the Democratic Party convention after Kennedy spoke to the Illinois delegation. The Chicago Tribune reports that Kennedy used his address…
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner is scheduled to visit the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy a day after state officials reported two residents have new cases of Legionnaires’ disease. Last year, Legionnaires’ disease sickened 53 people and led to 12 deaths at the home. The cases the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs disclosed…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) The bond hearing for the suspect accused of shooting a Ballwin police officer will be held on Monday. The hearing for Antonio Taylor was set for today, but had to be postponed to allow his public defender time to prepare for the hearing. Prosecutors are seeking to have Taylor’s bond…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis County prosecutors are seeking to increase the bond for a man accused of shooting a police officer in the neck, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. A judge will consider the request Wednesday at a hearing for Antonio Taylor, who is currently jailed on $500,000 bond on charges…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A man accused of sexual abuse in a pending civil lawsuit is suing Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate John Brunner. In a petition dated Tuesday, California venture capitalist Michael Goguen accused Brunner of defamation. The allegations against Goguen, which he denies, are an issue in the Missouri governor’s race because Goguen…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – The Municipal League of Metropolitan St. Louis has filed suit challenging a requirement that the region’s cities report revenue from traffic fines. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2aHWMvW ) report that the suit was filed Monday in St. Louis County Circuit Court, claiming that the rule for reporting traffic fine revenue to…
( KTRS ) Two lawsuits, contesting a cigarette tax hike, have been filed to block it from the November ballot. One is a follow up to a recent appeals court decision that changed the measure’s ballot summary. The other lawsuit states that the proposal violates the Missouri Constitution by how it raises and spends money. The…
