JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Girls who want an abortion in Missouri would need to tell both their parents under a bill that has passed the House. Lawmakers voted 121-34 Thursday to pass a bill requiring a minor to submit to her abortion doctor the written consent of one parent along with written proof that…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’ overdue bills are actually 16 percent higher than previously reported and could top $10 billion by end of the fiscal year. Comptroller Leslie Munger told a state Senate appropriations committee Thursday that the state owes $7.6 billion to private service-providers whose work is required by court orders. But there’s about…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri system’s governing board is dismissing a national professors group’s claims that an educator was unjustly fired over her run-ins with student journalists. The curators rebuffed the American Association of University Professors’ contention that assistant communications professor Melissa Click didn’t get due process before the board fired her…
