( KTRS ) Illinois lawmakers finished their spring session without a budget and with little hope that the 11-month standoff with Gov. Bruce Rauner will end any time soon. Democrats who control both chambers of the Legislature spent the last hours of the session Tuesday trying to rush bills to the finish line and failed…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Lawmakers have endorsed a plan to allow automatic voter registration in Illinois. The measure approved 86-30 by the House on Tuesday would provide automatic registration for would-be voters interacting with certain state agencies. Each person would have a chance to opt out at some point. Supporters say it could expand the franchise…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Bond has been set at $1 million for a former St. Louis police officer charged with first-degree murder in a 2011 shooting of a 24-year-old man after a chase. A St. Louis judge set the bail amount Tuesday for Jason Stockley, who previously had been ordered held without bond. Prosecutors allege…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – An expansion of the state’s medical marijuana program by 2 { years won lawmakers’ approval and goes to Gov. Bruce Rauner. The Senate agreed 50-7 Tuesday with House changes to the plan extending a pilot program and to add post-traumatic stress disorder as a medical condition treatable with cannabis. Republican Rauner supports…
( KTRS ) St. Louis County Police have issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing man. Authorities report that 25-year-old Marquise Lewis left his home on Cranberry Lane Monday night following an argument and hasn’t been seen or heard from since. Police say Lewis suffers from schizophrenia and doesn’t have his medication. Meaning he…
Officials say they can’t revoke his pension because his conviction wasn’t related to his Statehouse career
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The city of St. Louis has a new tool for fighting prescription drug abuse. On Tuesday, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay signed a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program into law. “People who died from heroin in the city of St. Louis last year ranged from the ages of 19 to 68. Drug…
(KTRS) – It appears the plan for a short-term budget fix in Illinois, is dead. Democratic lawmakers say they will not discuss Governor Bruce Rauner’s plan to fund schools and some social service agencies and leave other issues for later. Republicans worry that Democrats will instead move ahead with a budget plan that is not balanced.…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri woman who posted nude photos of a 15-year-old girl on Facebook has been sentenced to a year in federal prison. The Kansas City Star reports 49-year-old Michelle Renee McCoy, of Carl Junction, was sentenced Tuesday for possession of child pornography. Prosecutors say McCoy, an acquaintance of the girl, found…
