(LOS ANGELES, AP) — Porn publisher Larry Flynt says he doesn’t want to see the serial killer whose gunshots left him paralyzed 35 years ago put to death for his… Read more »
Tag: Missouri
Mo. preparing for possibility of state furloughs
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Some additional Missouri employees could face furloughs if the federal government doesn’t resolve a budget stalemate this week. State budget director Linda Luebbering says Missouri… Read more »
Mo. looks at other states’ death penalty methods
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — In deciding to not be the first in the nation to use the anesthetic propofol for capital punishment, Gov. Jay Nixon left Missouri… Read more »
Mo. candidates to file campaign finance reports
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Candidates are facing a deadline to file reports with the Missouri Ethics Commission detailing fundraising during the past three months. Campaign finance reports listing money… Read more »
Catholics backing school-choice initiative in Mo.
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Entities affiliated with the Roman Catholic church have contributed more than $300,000 toward a Missouri ballot initiative that would authorize state… Read more »
Missouri discourages mid-year student transfers
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri education officials say it’s in the best interest of students transferring from unaccredited to accredited school districts to do so at the beginning of… Read more »
Mo. governor halts execution
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday halted what was to have been the first U.S. execution to use the popular anesthetic propofol, following… Read more »
Mo. returning execution drug year after demand
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — The Missouri Department of Corrections said Wednesday that it will return a shipment of a common anesthetic it intended to use for executions,… Read more »
Missouri seeks to tighten food stamp eligibility
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri is proposing to tighten eligibility for food stamps for thousands of adults who aren’t meeting work requirements. The change sought by the Department of… Read more »
Southern Mo. river towns struck by shutdown
By JESSE BOGAN (EMINENCE, Mo., AP) — Many of the people who live amid the hills and hollows around this southern Missouri town aren’t comfortable with the government telling them… Read more »