(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri lawmaker has proposed legislation to limit surveillance by drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles. The bill proposed by State Rep. Casey Guernsey, R-Bethany,… Read more »
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GOP governors walk balance beam on health law
By BILL BARROW (ATLANTA, AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who made a fortune as a health care executive, long opposed President Barack Obama’s remake of the health insurance market…. Read more »
New year brings dime increase to Mo. minimum wage
By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The new year is bringing a dime increase for Missouri’s minimum wage and the end of an open records law exemption that… Read more »
Cellphones a growing problem in Mo. courtrooms
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Recent incidents in St. Louis and elsewhere in the state have caused some judges to reconsider whether they need to ban cellphones from courtrooms and, in… Read more »
Woman charged in New York firefighter slayings
By GEORGE M. WALSH and RIK STEVENS (ALBANY, N.Y., AP) — William Spengler raised no alarms in prison for 17 years and for more than a decade afterward. Well-spoken, well-behaved… Read more »
Incoming lawmaker upset over leave denial
(WELDON SPRING, Mo., AP) — A longtime teacher from eastern Missouri who was elected to the Missouri House last month has accused his school board of playing politics by refusing… Read more »
Arizona sheriff aims to put armed posse at schools
(PHOENIX, AP) — An Arizona sheriff has announced plans to deploy an armed volunteer posse to protect Phoenix-area students in the wake of the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary… Read more »
Storm rakes half of nation; Arkansas still dark
By KELLY P. KISSEL (LITTLE ROCK, Ark., AP) — As a the muted ends of a powerful winter storm that has killed more than a dozen people plodded through the… Read more »
Officials announce Mo. inaugural schedule
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — State offices in the Missouri Capitol’s home of Cole County will be closed Jan. 14 for the inauguration of statewide elected officials. The festivities for… Read more »
Nearly 15,000 deer take in Mo. alternative hunt
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Hunters using muzzleloaders, handguns and other non-traditional weapons took nearly 15,000 deer in Missouri’s recent alternative methods deer season. The Missouri Department of Conservation issued… Read more »