JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Lawmakers are scaling back reductions to the University of Missouri’s budget. Budget writers from both chambers agreed Wednesday to reduce a proposed $7.6 million cut to the university system’s administration to less than $4 million. They also eliminated a proposal to cut $1 million from the Columbia campus. Budget writers…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A bill designed to ease limits on the concealed carry of weapons is advancing in the Missouri House. House members gave initial approval Wednesday to the measure that would allow people to carry concealed guns without a permit anywhere they now can carry openly, something that doesn’t require a permit.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The GOP-led Missouri House is advancing a measure to make it easier for women to get birth control. House members in a voice vote gave the legislation initial approval Wednesday. It’s sponsored by Republican Rep. Sheila Solon and would allow pharmacists to prescribe oral contraceptives. Those under 18 would have to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A judge has dismissed an appeal by a man convicted of a 1994 homicide in St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/23KzkXk ) reports that Leron Hornaday is serving a life sentence in prison after being convicted in 1997 of murder, robbery and armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment to protect businesses that deny services for same-sex weddings are lobbying Missouri legislators. About 200 backers of the amendment rallied Tuesday in the Capitol. The measure would ban government punishment of businesses that cite religion while declining goods or services of “expressional or artistic…
( KTRS ) Legislation that would legalize medical marijuana cultivation with tight restrictions on who could use the drug has won initial approval in the Missouri House. The House adopted the bill Tuesday by 91-59 vote after limiting marijuana to terminal cancer patients in hospice. The restriction caused a split among some supporters of medical…
( KTRS ) After months of negotiations the last public hearing is set on the U.S. Department of Justice’s settlement with Ferguson. The agreement calls for sweeping changes in the city where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot in 2014. The hearing Tuesday morning, where people will get one last chance to weigh in, is…
( KTRS ) A bill moving through the Missouri Senate would change the state’s sentencing guidelines to eliminate the mandatory sentence of life in prison for minors convicted of first-degree murder. Lawmakers have endorsed changing the guidelines to bring them into line with a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found mandatory life sentences for minors…
(KTRS) – One suspect is in custody after a bi-state car chase ended in north county. The incident began when the driver allegedly hit an Illinois Department of Conservation officer. After a chase than lasted more than 50 miles, police managed to puncture his tires and arrested the man. Police say the man was also…
( KTRS ) The University of Missouri is countersuing a law school professor who has asked a court to invalidate the university’s ban on firearms. Royce Barondes filed a lawsuit against the university in September, claiming the school’s rules violate his constitutional rights as well as state law. Since then, the university’s team of private…