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Clean technology investors shift focus to environmentally friendly drilling

Today, clean technology investment funds are not trying to replace the fossil fuel industry, they're trying to help it by financing companies that can make mining and drilling less dirty.

Missouri Senate passes on ethics bill, campaign caps

Sponsoring Republican Sen. John Lamping of St. Louis pulled his bill from the Senate floor after Senate Democrats offered an amendment to restore the contribution caps.

Fresh off gun legislation victory, NRA holds convention in Houston

More than 70,000 people are expected to attend the three-day conference that will have speakers such as Sarah Palin, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum.

Missouri House OKs bill focused on injured worker fund

The bill would allow fees to be raised on businesses and would narrow the type of future injuries covered by the Second Injury Fund.

Missouri Senate sends gun bill back to House

The bill would allow school employees to voluntarily become "protection officers" if they have a valid concealed weapons permit and undergo training for the position.

Missouri lawmakers renew efforts on local vehicle taxes

Lawmakers have passed two measures during the past two years that have sought to reverse the court ruling. Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed both, including the most recent one last month.

Missouri bill notifies prosecutor if sex offenders are freed

The legislation would now add the prosecutor in the location where the offender was committed for treatment to be alerted.

WHAT OTHERS SAY: Who do our legislators represent?

Missouri lawmakers who contributed to the rejection of the Medicaid expansion dealt a serious blow to Mercy Hospital Washington and other Missouri hospitals.

Arvarh Strickland was a force for change at MU and in Columbia

Arvarh Strickland was a force for change at MU and in Columbia. The first black professor at MU and a lifelong advocate for minority hiring in higher education died Tuesday morning at age 82.

Concussion worries cause tension in Columbia's youth football community

The youth football community fears for the safety of children, but it also fears for the survival of the game. How exactly do you make football safer without changing the game?

Boone County jury finds Columbia man guilty of second-degree murder

Anthony Tyree Graves could receive a sentence of 30 years in prison for shooting Deaudre Johnson, 17. Circuit Court Judge Kevin Crane  will make a decision on Graves' sentence on June 10.

Missouri pitching coach Pete D'Amour quietly leads staff to success

In Pete D'Amour's seven seasons as Missouri softball's pitching coach, he has quietly led the team to pitching success, but he would never admit he deserves any credit.

Asbestos, electrical issues complicate Ash Street apartment fire aftermath

A former resident who worked as an electrician for the Navy told Columbia fire investigators she complained to the company about possibly unsafe electrical fixtures. 

Appeals court orders state to file response to Ferguson's petition

The order calls upon the state to respond to the claims in Ferguson’s petition, which include a lack of physical evidence, a lack of credible witness testimony and a constitutional violation in the trial's jury selection.

PHOTO GALLERY: Armed forces members honored at wreath laying ceremony

Current cadets honored past members of the armed forces at a wreath laying ceremony Wednesday at Memorial Union.

Steven Watts, MU history professor, wins Thomas Jefferson Award

For 42 of the past 43 years, history professor Steven Watts has been at MU, where he received both his bachelor's and doctoral degrees in history.

TELL US: What one word best describes your mother?

Share one word that best describes your mother in preparation for Mother's Day.

 

J. KARL MILLER: Throwing stones in a glass-walled political arena

Democrats are out of line for calling Republicans racist and homophobic for opposing certain legislation.

DAVID ROSMAN: Policy and politics or juvenile and conspiratorial?

Missourian columnist George Kennedy asked last week whether Sen. Kurt Schaefer was playing politics or policy. Maybe the question should be: Should Schaefer's actions be considered juvenile and conspiratorial?

Rock Bridge girls soccer beats Hickman in special rivalry match

The Bruins' 2-1 overtime win Wednesday night was the first annual Anna Alioto Memorial Classic, dedicated to former Bruins standout Anna Alioto, who drowned last fall at Northern Michigan University.

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