( KTRS ) Lawmakers are looking at changing the ways police collect and store the enormous amount of data that comes from relatively new technology, including video, audio and location. Missouri lawmakers have filed at least 10 bills, though most have not yet received a committee vote. Some lawmakers say they worry devices like body cameras…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – New state data shows most school districts across Illinois are spending more than they’re taking in and dipping into reserves or borrowing to stay afloat. The Chicago Tribune (http://trib.in/1pLQv8J ) reports that the 2016 School District Financial Profile Scores was released Wednesday by the Illinois State Board of Education to gauge…
ST. CLAIR, Mo. (AP) – A fire in eastern Missouri is under investigation after a body was found inside a burned home. The Washington Missourian (http://bit.ly/1nRQlv5 ) reports that the fire was reported late Wednesday near St. Clair in Franklin County. Firefighters found the body inside the residence. The victim’s name has not been released.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – When Illinois lawmakers revamped the Freedom of Information Act in 2009 and created an outside appeals process for public records requests denied by state government, they made an exception – themselves. Records requests denied by the General Assembly are not subject to review by the attorney general’s public access counselor, the…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he will not seek a recount of results in Missouri’s Democratic primary, conceding defeat to Hillary Clinton. Sanders says in an interview with The Associated Press that it’s unlikely the results will affect the awarding of delegates in the state and he would “prefer to save the…
MOSCOW MILLS, Mo. (AP) – An eastern Missouri farmer killed in an attack by a bull has been identified. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1R1jwaT ) reports that 68-year-old Gary Harrell of Moscow Mills was killed by an aggressive bull Friday on his property. A relative found Harrell after his family grew worried when he didn’t…
( KTRS ) Illinois Senate Democrats passed a $3.8 billion funding bill for colleges and social services despite Republican objections that the state doesn’t have the money to fulfill the proposal’s promises. Democrats used their considerable majority in the chamber to pass the bill on a 39-18 vote. The bill would give nearly $1.9 billion…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Republican rivals of Missouri gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens’ slammed him during a debate for not returning $1 million from a donor accused of sexual abuse. Former House speaker and U.S. attorney Catherine Hanaway said at the Thursday debate in Columbia that Greitens isn’t taking an abused woman’s word for it. At…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill wants a hearing and Sen. Roy Blunt says he won’t vote for President Barack Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee. The Democratic president on Wednesday announced he’s nominating federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the high court. Senate Republicans say they won’t fill the seat until after…
( KTRS ) Officials say more than 800 private companies doing work for the Department of Human Services haven’t been paid because of the budget stalemate. Human Services Secretary James Dimas told a Senate appropriations committee Wednesday the agency owes about $168 million in overdue bills since July 1 – when the budget should have…