A groundbreaking ceremony was held today to celebrate the start of construction for the Improve I-70 project, which will widen the interstate to at least three lanes each in both directions from the St. Louis to Kansas City regions. Construction on the $2.8 billion...
“Missouri should not be a party to murder.” That’s the message from Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty, a group who has dropped off nearly 7,000 signatures to Gov. Mike Parson’s office. The anti-death penalty group wants Parson to block Tuesday’s scheduled...
The clock is ticking for Missouri lawmakers, who have passed six bills so far this year. With three weeks left to go in the Missouri Legislature’s session, the Senate’s gridlock this year has created a giant traffic jam of bills awaiting attention. If lawmakers don’t...
Missouri is so thirsty for rain that Gov. Mike Parson has extended the state’s drought alert to September. “Issuing a drought alert last spring was quite unprecedented, and unfortunately, the reality is we’re facing conditions worse now than a year ago,” Parson said....
Governor Mike Parson commuted the sentence of Britt Reid, the son of Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who had been convicted of driving while intoxicated and causing a crash that severely injured then-5-year-old Ariel Young just days before the Super Bowl. Reid pleaded guilty...
