JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri lawmaker says a colleague upset over a right-to-work bill took a swing at him in an alley outside a Jefferson City restaurant and the two ended up in a fistfight. Rep. Courtney Allen Curtis released a copy of the restraining order Tuesday that he filed against Rep. Michael…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – U.S. Rep. Jason Smith says a state agency hasn’t been transparent in plans to build a new state park in southeastern Missouri. The Missouri Republican spoke Monday during a state House hearing in favor of bills to require the Department of Natural Resources to sell land in Oregon County purchased…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican lawmakers are raising concerns about Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s request to add almost half a billion dollars more to this year’s budget. Budget officials said Medicaid accounted for about three-quarters of the budget request. Some senators asked how earlier estimates had been short by hundreds of millions of dollars.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri House committee is considering a bill that calls for a private company to scrutinize whether welfare recipients are qualified to receive benefits. Bill sponsor Rep. Marsha Haefner told a committee Monday that her proposal would reduce paperwork for Department of Social Services employees. She says it could prevent money…
(KTRS) More than 80 Missouri inmates sentenced to life in prison as teenagers have a chance at freedom following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The high court ruled Monday that its 2012 ruling banning mandatory life without parole sentences for juvenile murderers applies to those previously convicted. The ruling says inmates must be given a chance…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) This week FEMA representatives are visiting Missouri neighborhoods which were impacted by the historic flooding. Officials are trying to determine who qualifies for federal assistance. This comes after the federal government approved the state’s request for a disaster declaration last week. The Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) teams offer survivors registration assistance, up-to-date…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Relatives of a man fatally shot by an off-duty St. Louis police officer have filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1ZPVm97 ) reports the suit was filed Wednesday in St. Louis Circuit Court on behalf of the parents of VonDerrit Myers Jr. and the mother of his child.…
(KTRS ) The Missouri Supreme Court has set a May execution date for a man convicted of killing a deputy and two other people 13 years ago. The court issued a warrant of execution for 66-year-old Earl Forrest. His execution on May 11 would be the first of 2016. Forrest was convicted of killing Harriett…
The measures now head to the Senate for approval, where similar legislation is pending
SCOTT CITY, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a missing hunter has been found dead in southeast Missouri. The Southeast Missourian (bit.ly/1PpLtE7) reports that Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter says 23-year-old Zackary Johnston was underwater when he was discovered Wednesday. He said the death was “an unfortunate accident.” Johnston left home alone at 2 p.m. Tuesday…