by Alisa Nelson | Oct 5, 2021 | Crime / Courts, News
At 6:11 p.m. Tuesday, Ernest Lee Johnson was pronounced dead at the state prison in Bonne Terre. After being sentenced to death nearly 23 years ago, he died by lethal injection at the maximum-security prison in southeast Missouri. Johnson, 61, was convicted of...
by admin | May 9, 2019 | Business, Crime / Courts, News
Legislation adding sexual orientation and gender identity to Missouri’s Human Rights statute was heard Wednesday afternoon by a House committee in Jefferson City. The House General Laws Committee heard about 90 minutes of testimony, before a standing-room only...
by Mike Lear | Jan 23, 2013 | Health / Medicine
A hearing in the House Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities on a proposal to extend so-called “benevolent” tax credits turned into a discussion about abortion and birth control on Tuesday. The hearing was on a bill that would...