(AP) — Soybean farmers in southeast Missouri say they’re worried about what one called a “train wreck” combination of tariffs and weather. Soybeans are Missouri’s top cash crop, and roughly one-third of all soybeans grown in southeast Missouri go to China. Now that trade talks have broken down between the U.S. and China, farmer and […]
AP — The Missouri health department says pill abortions in Missouri declined last year after the state began requiring pelvic exams on patients seeking the procedure. The Department of Health and Senior Services says Missouri doctors performed 359 pill abortions last year, compared to 982 in 2017. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the 2017 figures […]
(AP) — An oddly named tree and an odd-looking salamander could soon gain fame in Missouri. Lawmakers sent the governor a bill Thursday that would declare the pawpaw tree the “state fruit tree of Missouri” and designate the hellbender salamander as the “official endangered species.” The Missouri Department of Conservation says the hellbender population has […]
(AP) — A judge has found a Missouri mother guilty in the death of her infant son, who died shortly after he was born in their home in northeast Missouri. Circuit Judge Wendy Wexler Horn on Thursday found Roberta Baker guilty of a Class B felony abuse or neglect resulting in death. The Park Hills […]
Senators approved the legislation 24-10 early Thursday with just hours left before lawmakers’ Friday deadline to pass bills. It needs at least another vote of approval in the GOP-led House before it can go to Republican Gov. Mike Parson, who supports it. The bill only allows exceptions in cases of medical emergencies, not rape or […]
(AP) — A bill expanding the list of crimes that could be expunged from a person’s record has won final approval in the Missouri Legislature. The legislation passed Tuesday by the House would add stealing, credit card fraud, possession of a forgery instrument and property damage over $750 to the list of offenses for which […]
(AP) — A Republican proposal to change a new constitutional amendment on redistricting has stalled in a Senate committee after not enough Republicans showed up to support it. Senate Fiscal Oversight Committee Chairman Mike Cunningham said Tuesday that the proposal failed on a 2-2 vote a day earlier when Democrats and Republicans deadlocked. Three other […]
(AP) — Missouri senators have passed a business incentive bill backed by Gov. Mike Parson following a more than 27-hour filibuster. Senators voted 25-8 on Tuesday to send the measure to Parson’s desk. The bill would authorize up to $50 million of tax credits for General Motors to expand an assembly plant at Wentzville. It […]