by Mike Lear | Jan 25, 2016 | Crime / Courts, News
A man whose death sentence was thrown out in November will be retried for the 1991 murders of two sisters on the Chain of Rocks Bridge in St. Louis. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer M. Joyce says she will retry 44-year-old Reginald Clemons for the murders of Julie...
by Mike Lear | Jan 25, 2016 | News
Legislative budget leaders begin work this week with Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) budget proposal, but say he’s “playing games” with the projection of how much revenue the state will have to spend. In a joint statement, Senate Budget Committee...
by Mike Lear | Jan 25, 2016 | News, Politics / Govt
The Governor’s final State of the State Address might have set the tone for what could be another difficult session for his legislative agenda. Nixon spent much it looking back on what he considers accomplishments, and that’s not unusual for an...
by Mike Lear | Jan 22, 2016 | News, Politics / Govt
The governor and other Democrats want to make discrimination based on gender sexual orientation illegal in Missouri, but Republicans controlling the legislature say it won’t happen this year. In his final State of the State Address, Governor Jay Nixon (D) again...
by Mike Lear | Jan 21, 2016 | News
The state House has sent the Senate proposals to require Missourians to have photo IDs to vote. One proposal in the House would ask voters to change the state constitution so it would allow voter photo ID, and the other would create the structure in law for it. A...
