JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri House members want more information on how much money the state is paying in lawsuit settlements and judgments. House members voted 150-1 on Thursday to pass legislation to require the attorney general and administration commissioner to update lawmakers and others monthly on state legal expenses. The bill comes after…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are pushing legislation that would make it harder for judges to require domestic violence victims to disclose confidential addresses. House and Senate leadership announced Wednesday that they would push an amendment to allow the secretary of state to intervene if a court wanted to require a person protected…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri representatives have approved that the state pay an extra $241 million in unexpected expenses for this fiscal year. House members voted 143-7 in favor of the supplemental budget Wednesday. It soon will go to the governor’s desk. Most of the money comes from federal funds, and most of it…
( KTRS ) Police report that one person is dead following a fatal fire at a retirement home in North County. Just after 6pm Tuesday evening firefighters were called to a fire in a second-floor apartment at the Bethesda Village North Retirement Community on North Drive. Once the fire was doused, the body of an 85…
FULTON, Mo. (AP) – Police in central Missouri’s Fulton say a body found encased in concrete inside a container is likely that of a developmentally disabled man missing for nearly a week from a group home. Police said in a statement Tuesday that the body discovered the previous day in a Fulton storage unit may…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri public K-12 schools appear set to get roughly $48 million more in basic aid next fiscal year. Senators voted 19-14 on Tuesday in favor of bumping up funding to meet targets called for under state law. Because House members also passed a proposed budget that would meet funding goals,…
BOONVILLE, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol says two people died when a small crashed in central Missouri. Patrol spokesman Sgt. Scott White says the plane went down Monday afternoon on Highway 98 as it approached Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport near Boonville. White says the pilot, 67-year-old Charles McCutcheon, of Fayette, and 49-year-old…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens chose a Lyft car in a Taco Bell parking lot to ceremonially sign a copy of a bill that could help ride-hailing companies expand in Missouri. In a video posted to Facebook on Monday, Greitens orders a steak Chalupa while getting a ride from a Lyft…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens during his first 100 days in office made good on a top campaign promise to sign right to work legislation. Greitens passed the 100-day mark on Wednesday. He achieved a major campaign promise months before, when he signed a law in February banning mandatory union fees.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Democratic Auditor Nicole Galloway has issued a subpoena to the state revenue department for information on tax refunds. Galloway issued the subpoena Wednesday. She told reporters she’s waited six weeks for information on the number of overdue tax refunds and whether the department is meeting the 45-day deadline to…