JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate has passed a proposal creating religious protections for those objecting to gay marriage. The Republican-led Senate voted 23-7 Thursday for the proposed constitutional amendment after this week halting a Democratic filibuster that lasted 37 hours. The measure would prohibit government penalties against those who cite religious beliefs…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House has passed a budget with more than $27 billion in spending for the next fiscal year. The Republican-led House passed 13 appropriation bills Thursday over some Democrats’ objections. The budget includes wording to block Medicaid patients from getting any health care services from Planned Parenthood when the…
( KTRS ) The Missouri House has endorsed a bill creating a grant program to attract more conventions to the state. Lawmakers gave initial approval Wednesday to a measure authorizing grants for large conventions that could cover up to half the operating expenses. Eligible conventions would have to draw at least half their attendees from…
( 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…
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…
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) – A southeast Missouri man is in custody following a fatal shooting outside a Wal-Mart store in Poplar Bluff. The body of 50-year-old Stahl Sturgeon of Doniphan was found around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday inside a car on the store parking lot. Authorities say 33-year-old Joseph Wisdom was arrested inside the store…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – The Missouri Highway Patrol says a man wanted in connection with the fatal shootings of five people is in custody after a manhunt. The Highway Patrol told the Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1LQzrbu ) early Wednesday morning that Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino had been arrested in Montgomery County, Missouri. The newspaper reports…