By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder said Friday that he won’t challenge freshman U.S. Rep. Jason Smith for a southeast Missouri congressional seat… Read more »
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Blunt: No winners in federal budget dispute
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt said Thursday there were no winners in a dispute that led to the 16-day partial shutdown of the federal government. Blunt… Read more »
Gov’t reopens after Congress ends shutdown
By ANDREW TAYLOR (WASHINGTON, AP) — The government reopened its doors Thursday after a battle-weary Congress approved a bipartisan measure to end a 16-day partial shutdown and avert the possibility of an… Read more »
Student loan rates double without Congress’ action
By PHILIP ELLIOTT (WASHINGTON, AP) — College students taking out new loans for the fall term will see interest rates twice what they were in the spring — unless Congress… Read more »