( KTRS ) Illinois lawmakers have advanced a measure to exempt feminine hygiene and incontinence products from the state sales tax. The Senate revenue committee forwarded the bill to the full chamber Wednesday for consideration. No official vote was taken, but one Republican lawmaker suggested the plan be considered for a tax code change instead…
( KTRS ) Immigration authorities last year sought to detain a Mexican national charged with killing five men, but they sent the detention order to an agency that didn’t have him in custody. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it wasn’t the first time Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino eluded the agency In 2015, officials from a…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – University of Missouri leaders say the school will use a hiring freeze and 5 percent budget reduction to close a projected $32 million shortfall. The Columbia Daily Tribune (bit.ly/1py0K0h) reports interim Chancellor Hank Foley sent out a memo on Wednesday saying the moves are necessary because of a sharp drop in…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate could vote Thursday on whether to send the House a proposal creating religious protections for those objecting to gay marriage. The Republican-led Senate gave initial approval early Wednesday to the proposed constitutional amendment after halting a Democratic filibuster that lasted 37 hours. The measure would prohibit government…
(KTRS) – One man is under arrest connected to the murder of a three-year-old girl in Jefferson County. Prosecutors charged William Harris with abuse of a child resulting in death and he is held on a half-million dollar bond. Aubrey Harvey’s mother found the girl’s body in their Barnhart home Monday evening. Police say that Aubrey…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The state Senate early Wednesday gave initial approval to a measure to amend the Missouri Constitution to provide further religious protections for those objecting to gay marriage, advancing the proposal after a 37-hour filibuster by Democrats opposed to it. Here are some things to know about the proposal. —- WHAT…
JEFFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers have given initial approval to a requirement that high school students receive some first aid training. The House on Wednesday endorsed a bill that would make 30 minutes of instruction in CPR and choking first aid a prerequisite for high school graduation. The mandate would begin for health…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Lawmakers have trimmed about $7.3 million from Missouri’s mid-year budget increase of nearly $500 million. A House panel approved the reductions Wednesday along with limits on Gov. Jay Nixon’s travel expenses and less flexibility in how some health care funds are spent. Proposals for soil erosion projects and a grant…
