Upgrades could get Amber Alerts out faster

A series of changes to the state’s Amber Alert system could be coming that would reduce the time it takes to issue an alert by 20 to 30 minutes, according to the program’s coordinator. One change that is expected to take place Wednesday was prompted in...

House Budget Committee approves two-tiered budget plan

The state House Budget Committee has voted to send to the full chamber its proposed spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The plan keeps Budget Committee Chairman Rick Stream’s (R-Kirkwood) plan to create a new surplus revenue fund and put in it...
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