ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner says Democrats removed overdue money for a project at Chicago Rockford International Airport from last week’s short-term state spending bill but they say that’s not the case. The Republican governor said in an interview Tuesday with the Rockford Register Star that he included money for maintenance and repair…
URBANA, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois prosecutor says she will not file charges against a man whose flag-burning protest led to his arrest on Independence Day. Champaign County State’s Attorney Julia Rietz said in a statement Tuesday that she will not file charges against Bryton Mellott of Urbana because flag burning is “protected free speech.” Pictures…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s governor has vetoed a measure that would have allowed the state’s doctors to charge Medicaid patients fees for missing appointments without advance notice. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon rejected Senate Bill 608 on Tuesday, saying the legislation “would needlessly punish our state’s most vulnerable citizens.” Under the measure sent to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican leaders of a Missouri Senate investigation say they didn’t find evidence that Planned Parenthood illegally sold fetal tissue in the state. However, they say the investigation did indicate that Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri did not follow state law and regulatory procedures for disposal…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Police are investigating an incident in which a Baptist church in St. Louis was vandalized and set on fire. The St. Louis Dispatch (http://bit.ly/29p9Vvj ) reports that officers responded to a building alarm at Greater St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church around 2 a.m. Tuesday. Police say the building was on fire,…
(KTRS) – St. Louis Police hope that surveillance video can help identify the gunmen who killed two people and injured a third outside of a St. Louis market. The video shows two men with rifles getting out of a car at Moma Minnie’s convenience store and then they start shooting. Police say they found evidence…
Washington, D.C. (AP) FBI Director James Comey says the FBI will not recommend criminal charges in its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state. Comey made the announcement Tuesday, three days after FBI agents interviewed Clinton in a final step of its investigation. The Justice Department has been…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The murder count continues to climb in St. Louis. Authorities say three people were killed in a shooting in the 5500 block Era Avenue in north St. Louis early Tuesday morning. Another fatal shooting was reported just south of downtown St. Louis Monday night on LaSalle. This comes after three people…
