JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill wants a hearing and Sen. Roy Blunt says he won’t vote for President Barack Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee. The Democratic president on Wednesday announced he’s nominating federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the high court. Senate Republicans say they won’t fill the seat until after…
( KTRS ) Officials say more than 800 private companies doing work for the Department of Human Services haven’t been paid because of the budget stalemate. Human Services Secretary James Dimas told a Senate appropriations committee Wednesday the agency owes about $168 million in overdue bills since July 1 – when the budget should have…
( KTRS ) A proposal to limit Missouri’s municipal court fines is facing some skepticism in the House after breezing through the Senate. Sen. Eric Schmitt told a House panel Wednesday that cities across the state have abused ordinance fines to extract money from poor residents in order to pad their budgets. The Republican from…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri says two residence halls already scheduled for demolition will not be used this fall because of declining enrollment. University spokesman Christian Basi says closing Laws Hall and Lathrop Hall will save the university about $200,000 a year in utility costs. The halls, part of the Dobbs Group…
( KTRS ) The Missouri House has voted to release nearly $1 million for education and health care programs the governor had restricted. Lawmakers voted Wednesday to release $575,000 for the Missouri Scholars and Fine Arts academies, two summer programs for gifted students. They also voted to release $350,000 for a program that helps people…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A man accused of selling old prosthetic legs to customers as new legs has been sentenced to more than a year in prison. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1Xwozj ) reports that 53-year-old Theodore Deininger was sentenced Wednesday to 15 months in prison and ordered to repay $150,000. He had pleaded guilty…
(KTRS) – After a razor thin primary in Missouri, the Republican party has released preliminary delegate counts for the state. The state has 52 delegates up for grabs. After preliminary results, Donald Trump is expected to win 37 delegates to 15 for Ted Cruz. The party says they are still waiting for the primary results…
(KTRS) – The Missouri Legislature is debating statewide regulations for ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. Uber management in Missouri says statewide rules would allow them to expand to several new cities, like Springfield, Jefferson City, and St. Charles. They already operate in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Columbia. Similar proposals stalled out in the…
(KTRS) – It was a record night at the polls in Missouri. Secretary of State Jason Kander says that the unofficial tally finds a record number of voters turned out for the state’s primary election. In a statement, Kander says more than 1.5 million voters cast ballots, that amounts to nearly 39 percent of eligible…