(CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., AP) — The Missouri Department of Economic Development is providing nearly $900,000 in tax credits to the makers of a movie filmed partly in Cape Girardeau. The… Read more »

(HUTCHINSON, Kan., AP) — A Texas company has received a key federal approval for its proposed high-voltage power line that will deliver Kansas-generated wind energy to users in the eastern… Read more »

(CHESTERFIELD, Mo., AP) — Doctors, especially specialists, are hard to come by in many corners of America. A suburban St. Louis hospital chain is addressing the problem with plans for… Read more »

(BOURBON, Mo., AP) — The Missouri Auditor’s office says an eastern Missouri town made too much money from traffic tickets. KMOV-TV (http://bit.ly/QlOXjw) reports that a recent audit of Bourbon, Missouri,… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri lawmakers are poised to give final approval to a state budget that could restore Medicaid benefits that were cut a decade ago. The proposed… Read more »

By KIMBERLY HEFLING (WASHINGTON, AP) — In an abysmal showing, only about one-quarter of U.S. high school seniors performed solidly in math on a national assessment known as the nation’s… Read more »

By PAUL ELIAS (SAN FRANCISCO, AP) — In a decision still studied in law schools as a 19th century lesson in bigotry, the California Supreme Court in 1890 denied Hong… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri Senate is expected to debate legislation this week that would curb the ability of public employee unions to collect fees from workers’ paychecks…. Read more »