JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A judge has ruled that a ballot measure to raise cigarette taxes to benefit early childhood programs can stay on the Nov. 8 ballot. The ruling Tuesday by Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem is a follow-up to an appeals court decision earlier this summer that changed the official summary…
Voters in Missouri will have a few more choices this fall. On Tuesday, the Green Party was given approval to appear on the November 8th ballot after turning in more than 23,000 valid petition signatures of registered voters. The secretary of state’s office also certified a dozen independent candidates. The governor’s race has two new…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A judge is weighing whether a proposal to reinstate campaign contribution limits in Missouri should stay on the Nov. 8 ballot. Cole County Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce heard arguments Tuesday from opponents who say the measure is unconstitutional. The proposal would cap campaign contribution limits and impose other campaign finance restrictions…
( KTRS ) The Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Charles County is donating 10,000 “drug deactivation pouches” to families in the fight against drug abuse. The organization teamed up with Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company. The 10,000 pouch distribution program encourages families to become actively involved in the safe and responsible…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens often recounts how he volunteered in Bosnia helping children separated from their families by a horrific ethnic war. But the refugee camps he visited as a college student in summer 1994 actually were in neighboring Croatia. The discrepancy is notable because Greitens’ campaign is…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Defense attorneys in the wrongful-death lawsuit by Michael Brown’s parents cite recent rampages that killed police in warning against expanding who can see unredacted grand jury transcripts related to Brown’s death. A St. Louis federal judge agreed in June to let no more than two attorneys for the defense and…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri lawmaker is resigning to avoid a new waiting period for legislators to become lobbyists. Hartville Republican Rep. Tony Dugger stepped down Friday. In an interview with The Associated Press, he cited a law set to take effect Aug. 28 that will require lawmakers to wait six months after…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Ethics Commission says it has found no evidence that Republican state Sen. Kurt Schaefer improperly used his authority over state spending in an effort to keep an opponent out of the Republican primary for attorney general. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the commission told Schaefer about the…
WEST PLAINS, Mo. (AP) – Authorities have identified a woman whose remains were found earlier this week in southwest Missouri. West Plains Police Department spokesman Ron Redfield told the Ozark Radio Network (http://j.mp/2bq4HlU ) that the victim has been identified as 35-year-old Terri Jean Wright. She was reported missing on August 9. A 63-year-old man,…
