JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Republican-led Missouri Legislature agreed Thursday to move up a public vote on whether to ban mandatory union fees, a change that could impact Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill’s re-election bid. The proposal, approved by the House 96-47, reschedules the vote on right-to-work from the November midterms to Aug. 7. The […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) –An attorney for a Missouri House investigatory panel says a lawyer for Gov. Eric Greitens has impugned the integrity of the House in an attempt to divert attention from an investigation into the governor. Lawyer Edward “Chip” Robertson Jr. released his statement Thursday in response to Greitens’ campaign attorney Catherine Hanaway, […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House has approved legislation to create a procedure to temporarily confiscate guns from people threatening violence. The House voted 80-32 Wednesday. Democratic Rep. Kathleen Willis of Addison is the sponsor of what she calls a “red-flag bill.” The measure allows family members and local law enforcement to petition a court […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal district court in St. Louis has ruled that the Missouri prison system must provide hormone therapy for a transgender inmate serving a murder sentence. The ruling Tuesday was in a lawsuit filed on behalf of Potosi Correctional Center inmate Jessica Hicklin. Hicklin, 39, is in prison for life, without […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri environmental group is suing to overturn a law that lengthens the process the Department of Natural Resources must use to buy land. The case was filed Thursday by the Missouri Coalition for the Environment and a Phelps County resident named Thomas Sager. It argues that a law passed […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri House committee is to hold its first hearing of a special session focused on whether to try to impeach Gov. Eric Greitens. The House investigatory committee is scheduled to meet Tuesday at the Capitol to discuss its rules and procedures. The meeting notice says it also could discuss […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man who impersonated an FBI agent, a journalist and a newly hired employee of the St. Louis Blues hockey team was caught when he used a fake FBI ID with a police officer, according to an FBI agent. FBI Special Agent Owen Cunningham’s testified at a May 9 hearing […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Latest on allegations against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (all times local): 5:30 p.m. A campaign attorney for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is suggesting a former aide took a donor list of a veterans’ charity and shared it with a political group opposing Greitens. The allegation made Thursday by attorney […]