JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers pushing to change the state’s loose ethics laws next will turn to ways to clamp down on the flow of unlimited gifts from lobbyists to lawmakers. A bill to ban lobbyist gifts to public officials is up for review Tuesday in a House committee. Lobbyists can spend whatever…
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Tourism officials in southern Illinois say they’re preparing now because a solar eclipse is expected to draw thousands of visitors on Aug. 21, 2017. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports (http://bit.ly/1llqH0v) that it will be the first total solar eclipse over the United States mainland since 1979. The eclipse is expected to…
( KTRS ) Illinois Secretary of State offices will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Junior’s birthday. All offices and agency will facilities will re-open for business on Tuesday. People can also visit the secretary of state’s website to find nearby facilities and hours of operation. They may also change addresses, register…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A 14-year-old girl has been fatally shot in a St. Louis home. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1SXMg4T ) that police found the injured girl around 1:15 p.m. Sunday at a friend’s home. She had been shot in the back. The girl was pronounced dead at a hospital. St. Louis Police…
CHICAGO (AP) – A statewide coalition plans to launch a social media campaign to press Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration to expand the medical marijuana pilot program to more patients. The Cannabis Patient Advocacy Coalition says its campaign will include short video testimonials from Illinois residents. It kicks off Monday with an Iraq War veteran…
( KTRS ) Authorities say an officer fatally shot a suspect in an armed robbery at a KFC in south St. Louis. Police Lt. Col. Lawrence O’Toole says a citizen flagged down an officer in a marked car Sunday evening and reported the robbery at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant. O’Toole says the officer went…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers agree the state needs more money for roadwork and bridge repair, but they don’t agree on how to pay for it. A Senate committee could vote this week on a small increase to Missouri’s fuel tax, which Governor Jay Nixon has endorsed. It’s not clear how much support…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster maintains a fundraising lead for Missouri governor, though some Republicans are cutting into his cash advantage. Reports filed Friday with the Missouri Ethics Commission show Koster raised $1.3 million this past quarter and had nearly $5.8 million in his campaign account to start 2016. Republican…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man is accused of abducting a 12-year-old girl off the street as she was walking to school. Police told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that 48-year-old John Billingsley is a stranger to the child. He is charged with child kidnapping and jailed on $100,000 bond. The girl was walking…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Former Missouri congressman Russ Carnahan has created a committee to run for lieutenant governor. Carnahan filed paperwork Friday with the Missouri Ethics Commission setting up a Democratic campaign committee. He served eight years in the U.S. House before losing a 2012 primary to Democratic Rep. William Lacy Clay Jr. after…