Politics

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) – Animal welfare groups are barking back at efforts to repeal Prop B — the state’s voter-approved crack-down on puppy mills. more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Advocates for Missouri programs and services that receive money from the state are defending their projects as lawmakers consider next year’s budget.more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Senate committee on Tuesday rejected a resolution that would have blocked judicial raises for 2013.

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) — A late-night, last-minute lame duck vote to raise the income tax is still the talk of the state, politically.  more

 

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) — Demetra Demonte  from Illinois is the new secretary of the Republican National Committee.more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -  Missouri House leaders made a bipartisan pledge Monday to block Gov. Jay Nixon from billing state agencies for his airplane flights.more

Illinois Senator Matt Murphy

PALATINE, Il. (KMOX) – One Illinois state senator wants to undo the tax increase passed by lame duck legislators.more

 

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) – Gambling expansion, which supporters say could bring more than a billion dollars a year, is one thing that didn’t happen in the just concluded Illinois General Assembly. more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -  A Missouri Senate committee plans hearings around the state to gather suggestions about redrawing congressional districts.more

Ronald Reagan video tribute, June 2004. (Getty/Paula Bronstein)

NEW YORK (AP) — Ronald Reagan’s son suggests in a new book that his father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s disease while he was still in the White House.

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