By DAVID A. LIEB, DAVID CRARY, and RACHEL ZOLL (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Opponents of same-sex marriage are scrambling to find effective responses, in Congress and state legislatures, to a… Read more »
Tag: Missouri
Gov. Nixon supports repealing Mo. gay marriage ban
By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon said Thursday that he supports ending Missouri’s same-sex marriage ban and thinks voters should have a chance to repeal… Read more »
ACLU to challenge Missouri gay marriage rules
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union plans to file suit challenging Missouri’s treatment of same-sex marriages, an ACLU spokeswoman said Tuesday. ACLU’s Diane Balogh… Read more »
Republican Hanaway to run for Mo. governor in 2016
By DAVID A. LIEB JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Former U.S. Attorney and Missouri House Speaker Catherine Hanaway announced on Monday that she is running for governor in 2016 as… Read more »
More Mo. students to get aid applying for college
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — More Missouri students could get personal help with filing out college applications this fall. The Coordinating Board for Higher Education has announced an expansion of… Read more »
Shots fired near Mo. elementary school
(GLADSTONE, Mo., AP) — Students at a suburban Kansas City elementary school have been reunited with their parents after gunshots fired from a nearby home prompted a lockdown at their… Read more »
Missouri Olympian speed skates to Sochi
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A short track speed skater from Springfield who raised nearly $50,000 online to cover training costs is one of just two Missourians competing at the Winter… Read more »
Mo. lawmaker seeks to impeach Gov. Nixon
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri House Republican wants to impeach Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon over his order that the state accept joint tax returns from legally married same-sex… Read more »
Recent snow could cause longer Mo. school year
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s education department says the latest in a series of winter storms could cause school districts to extend classes into the summer. Department of Elementary… Read more »
State senate defeats Medicaid expansion
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Republican senators resoundingly rejected a plan Wednesday to expand Medicaid coverage to several hundred thousand lower-income adults as they began debate… Read more »