State News

The Missouri Supreme Court reinstated campaign contribution limits Thursday, but it’s unclear whether politicians will be forced to return millions of dollars they have collected since the limits were lifted in January.

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri officials are preparing to toughen the rules for people on welfare in an effort to meet stricter federal requirements on how many recipients must be working or trying to work.

Tony Luetkemeyer, a former student body president, will succeed Maria Curtis Kerford, but his appointment is for one semester.

A Missouri death row inmate dying of throat cancer will apparently spend his final days in prison. The Missouri Probation and Parole Board has denied a request filed by Brian Kinder’s doctors that the 47-year-old inmate be released to his family.

The elected St. Louis school board says it won't give in to state intervention that turned over control of the district to an appointed board.

CAMDENTON — Hurry up and slow down. Everyone who has ever driven a busy two-lane road knows this frustration: You wait miles for a break in oncoming traffic to pass a slower vehicle, only to get slowed down again by another caravan of cars and trucks.

It appeared to be business as usual at the Missouri Capitol today, the day after a shooting at the Capitol in Colorado.

On Friday, St. Louis became the first city in Missouri to take advantage of the new state law that allows a local option for doggie dining.

Northland CARE/MetroCARE, connects patients with primary or specialty care physicians willing to treat them without compensation. It’s the latest attempt in a patchwork effort to address the need millions of low-income people have for access to medical care.

Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon sent out an alert Monday afternoon warning consumers to beware of what appear to be official state of Missouri checks.

JEFFERSON CITY — Republican Gov. Matt Blunt has amassed more than twice as much cash as Democratic Attorney General Jay Nixon as they build toward a likely showdown in the 2008 gubernatorial election.

A 3-year-old boy fell from a dock and drowned in Lake of the Ozarks, the lake’s eighth drowning of the year, authorities said.

The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department will review its high-speed pursuit guidelines after a deputy died chasing a motorcycle at high speeds.

Attorneys for Michael Devlin said today they will request an expedited trial in the Shawn Hornbeck kidnapping case, one that they say would begin within six months of the request.

A Tour of Missouri is shaping up despite cycling’s recently tainted reputation.

State troopers seized $600,000 in cash in plastic-wrapped bundles from a semitrailer near Joplin, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

Importing live silver carp into the United States or transporting the invasive species across state lines will be illegal later this summer.

JEFFERSON CITY — Republican Rep. Carl Bearden, the No. 2 ranking member in the Missouri House, resigned Thursday to take an advocacy job in which he could end up lobbying his former colleagues on education issues.

JEFFERSON CITY — A federal judge has ordered the state to provide better notice to families before dropping their children’s health coverage.

Attorney General Jay Nixon announced a new Web site Thursday that will let consumers investigate complaints lodged against Missouri businesses.