( KTRS ) The Missouri Legislature has passed a budget that boosts education funding and cuts off state money for Planned Parenthood. The approved $27 billion spending plan approved now goes to Gov. Jay Nixon. It would take effect July 1. It adds $71 million to the nearly $3.3 billion of existing basic aid for…
( KTRS ) The Missouri House has rejected a proposal to legalize medical marijuana. The legislation failed on a 66-87 vote Thursday after lawmakers scaled it back to only permit cancer patients in hospice to use the drug. Some supporters of expanding access to marijuana said they could not support such a limited measure. Other…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois lawmakers are advancing proposals that would make feminine hygiene products and contraception more affordable for women. The Senate overwhelmingly approved a measure on Thursday that would exempt feminine hygiene products from the state sales tax. The plan heading to the House is a part of a national movement to eliminate…
( KTRS ) A teenage math whiz, from Chesterfield, is back home after winning a gold medal in Europe. Rachel Zhang, a student at the Parkway South High School, traveled to Romania last week to compete in the European Girls Mathematical Olympiad. Rachel and the three other girls representing the United States placed second in…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Lawmakers are scaling back reductions to the University of Missouri’s budget. Budget writers from both chambers agreed Wednesday to reduce a proposed $7.6 million cut to the university system’s administration to less than $4 million. They also eliminated a proposal to cut $1 million from the Columbia campus. Budget writers…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A bill designed to ease limits on the concealed carry of weapons is advancing in the Missouri House. House members gave initial approval Wednesday to the measure that would allow people to carry concealed guns without a permit anywhere they now can carry openly, something that doesn’t require a permit.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The GOP-led Missouri House is advancing a measure to make it easier for women to get birth control. House members in a voice vote gave the legislation initial approval Wednesday. It’s sponsored by Republican Rep. Sheila Solon and would allow pharmacists to prescribe oral contraceptives. Those under 18 would have to…
( KTRS ) Washington University in St. Louis has identified the victim of a campus shooting as a school food service worker. Police and school officials did not release the woman’s name. The shooting happened around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Police say they’re investigating it as a possible road rage case. No arrests had been made…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A judge has dismissed an appeal by a man convicted of a 1994 homicide in St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/23KzkXk ) reports that Leron Hornaday is serving a life sentence in prison after being convicted in 1997 of murder, robbery and armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of…