WASHINGTON (AP) – The Republican party chairman says he supports Donald Trump as the party’s presidential nominee. Reince Priebus is breaking with House Speaker Paul Ryan, who said Thursday he’s not ready to back Trump. Priebus says he backs Trump even if he disagrees with ideas like banning Muslims from entering the U.S. The chairman…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is threatening a floor fight over rules and platform planks at the party’s summer convention if the Democratic National Committee stacks the committees with supporters of Hillary Clinton. Sanders writes in a letter to Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz that the makeup of the standing…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger says the county plans to appeal a judges ruling on a policing measure. Circuit Judge Robert S. Cohen issued a summary judgment on Wednesday in favor of a challenge by several larger cities in the county, who called the measure “illegal and unconstitutional.” Varying…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Legislature is sending a tax credit for cattle ranchers and slaughterhouses to the governor for approval. The measure passed Thursday would extend a current tax credit for cattle ranchers for five years while also raising the credit for cows heavier than 600 pounds. Bill sponsor Mike Parson said it…
