( KTRS ) More than 300 candidates have filed to run for public office in Missouri. Numbers from the secretary of state’s office at the end of the day Tuesday show 335 hopefuls officially became candidates on the first day of filing. Two Democrats and four Republicans officially entered the race to succeed Gov. Jay…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The top Republican in the Illinois House says there is room to compromise with Democrats on the conservative agenda Gov. Bruce Rauner Is pushing. Jim Durkin is a Republican from Western Springs. On Monday, he told a meeting of the City Club in Chicago that he wants Democrats who control the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Democratic lawmaker wants to remove an exemption in Missouri’s laws allowing some union members to avoid registering as lobbyists. Rep. Courtney Allen Curtis on Monday compared his bill to other ethics legislation that would restrict lobbyists’ interactions with lawmakers. He told a House committee it’s wrong to carve out…
( KTRS ) Candidates are set to officially enter the races for Missouri governor, U.S. Senate and other elected positions. Candidate filing starts today at the secretary of state’s office in Jefferson City and runs through March 29. Republican U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt is expected to file for re-election and face a challenge from Democratic…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Marco Rubio has received an endorsement for the Republican presidential nomination from North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis as Rubio seeks to further consolidate support after a second-place finish in South Carolina and Jeb Bush’s departure from the field. Tillis’ backing comes three weeks before North Carolina holds its own primary on the…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner has vetoed a proposal to fund community colleges and a grant program that helps students pay for college. Illinois Democrats approved a plan in January to provide $324 million to community colleges and $397 million to the Monetary Award Program. Rauner said Friday the plan would “explode the…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) – A St. Louis area lawmaker who resigned from the Missouri House this week admits that he had an affair. Republican Representative Don Gosen told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday that he began an affair in 2014. On the advice of his attorney, he gave no details about the events…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Legislature has given final approval to legislation that would create a new circuit court in southeast Missouri. The House voted 147-5 Monday to split the court covering Christian and Taney counties and the city of Branson. The Senate approved the measure in January. The bill now heads to Gov.…
( KTRS ) Missouri lawmakers are considering a measure that’s part of a growing national movement aimed at forcing judges to award equal custody to both divorcing parents. Current state law requires only that judges award “significant, but not necessarily equal” periods of time with a child. Supporters of the bill say that in cases…
( KTRS ) Hillary Clinton will campaign next week with the mother of Sandra Bland, the Chicago-area woman who was discovered hanged in her jail cell three days after being pulled over for a routine traffic stop near Houston. Geneva Reed-Veal will join the Democratic presidential candidate at a Feb. 17 voter mobilization event in…