SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Democrats are advancing plans preventing people with mental illnesses from legally owning firearms. The plans target state gun owner’s identification cards, which allow people to possess firearms. The bills are up for consideration this month by the House and Senate chambers. One plan would temporarily suspend gun permits of people…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) – The director of national intelligence says he doesn’t plan to overturn a subordinate’s preliminary decision to build a federal spy agency’s new regional headquarters in north St. Louis rather than relocate to Illinois. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that James Clapper said Monday that he has “no basis” to reject…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis County chapter of the NAACP is calling for an independent investigation into the ballot problems in the county. Ballot problems impacted dozens of precincts during the April 5 election. The county is already conducting its own investigation, as is the Missouri Secretary of State’s office and a Missouri House…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri beef producers have soundly rejected an effort to establish a $1 per head beef checkoff fee. The Department of Agriculture announced Monday the proposal lost with nearly 75 percent of the beef producers who voted opposed and just over 25 percent in favor. The department said ballots were mailed…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate has tabled a sales tax proposal after a senator filibustered it by reading a book about 50 Cent. Democratic Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal on Monday read for almost an hour from “The 50th Law,” a self-help book co-authored by 50 Cent and Robert Greene that draws on anecdotes…
( KTRS ) Missouri lawmakers are advancing a measure that would limit fees to carry a concealed firearm and expand the state’s castle doctrine law. Under the bill, concealed carry applicants could not be charged additional fees beyond $100 for fingerprinting or background checks. The measure also expands the castle doctrine law, which gives people…
