( KTRS ) Voters in Missouri’s two biggest cities will decide Tuesday whether to renew the decades-old earnings tax that voters overwhelmingly embraced five years ago. The tax requires those who work in Kansas City or St. Louis to pay a 1 percent tax on their pay. Supporters in both cities say losing the revenue…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois House returns to action Monday with a long list of legislation slated for committee hearings – but none about the unsettled budget that should have taken effect last July. Bills up for consideration include regulation of daily fantasy sports betting and easing access to police video under the Freedom…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – Ferguson police are investigating the death of a man found near a parking lot. Officers were called Thursday night after reports of shots being fired. The 31-year-old victim was found dead along the edge of a parking lot. Police say he had been shot several times. No arrests have been made…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A House committee has passed a bill that would allow concealed guns on college campuses. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the House Emerging Issues Committee passed the bill with an 8-3 vote Wednesday, winning unanimous support from Republicans. The bill, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Jered Taylor, would repeal…
St. Louis, (KTRS) St. Louis continues to bask in the victory of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s plan to stay in St. Louis. Friday morning state, city, and community leaders gathered for a news conference at Mayor Francis Slay’s office to speak about the NGA’s preliminary decision. Governor Jay Nixon was among those in attendance. “We’re…
(KTRS) – When voters in St. Louis city and St. Louis County head to the polls on Tuesday, there will be a notable absence: the touch-screen voting machines. The Post-Dispatch reports that election authorities did not have enough time to reprogram the machines after the March 15 presidential primaries. Election officials said that the collection…
(KTRS) – The Meramec Caverns remain closed after a possible contamination problem. The Post-Dispatch reports that the attraction closed last month and hopes to reopen in the coming weeks. For years, the owners of the caves struggled with unacceptable levels of trichloroethylene, or TCE. The compound is used in solutions for a variety of cleaning…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The former home of the Rams has a new name. The Edward Jones Dome is now being called “The Dome at America’s Center.” Since 2002, the financial firm Edward Jones has owned the naming rights, but it canceled its contract after the decision was made to move the Rams to Los…
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) – A St. Louis man who admitted his role in a plot to make and distribute counterfeit currency has been ordered in Illinois to spend three years in federal prison. Thirty-eight-year-old Lewis Johnson was sentenced Thursday in East St. Louis. He pleaded guilty in December to a felony count of…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis’ police chief says a man was shot and critically wounded by an officer he confronted with a knife after being ticketed during a traffic stop. Police Chief Sam Dotson says the 22-year-old man was ticketed about 11:30 a.m. Thursday for allegedly running a red light and having improper license…