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  Mo. Lawmakers Approve Election Changes

  

  Posted 10:14 PM 5/17/2013 by Associated Press

  JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to a bill clarifying the way a vacancy is filled in the office of lieutenant governor.

  Current law lets the governor appoint a replacement for a secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, auditor or a U.S. senator who (More)

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  Mo. Bill Closes Child Abuse Report Loophole

  

  Posted 10:13 PM 5/17/2013 by Associated Press

  JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri lawmakers have Gov. Jay Nixon legislation closing a loophole in the state's mandatory child abuse reporting law.

  The House and Senate both approved the measure without opposition Friday.

  Missouri now requires mandatory reporters who suspect a child has been (More)

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  Mo. Bill Leaves Juveniles off Sex Offender Site

  

  Posted 10:10 PM 5/17/2013 by Associated Press

  JEFFERSON CITY - People convicted of committing sexual crimes when they're 17 or younger would not appear on Missouri's public website of sex offenders under legislation heading to Gov. Jay Nixon.

  Lawmakers gave the measure final approval Friday.

  The names of such offenders would (More)

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  Mo. Lawmakers Consolidate 4 Business Incentives

  

  Posted 10:07 PM 5/17/2013 by Associated Press

  JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri lawmakers have passed legislation consolidating four of the state's business incentives.

  The newly created Missouri Works program would be modeled after the current Quality Jobs program, which would come to an end.

  Like Quality Jobs, the new program would (More)

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  Mo. Lawmakers Finish 2013 Session

  

  Posted 10:07 PM 5/17/2013 by Matt Evans

  JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri lawmakers wrapped up this year's legislative session on Friday evening. Leaders in the Republican-controlled legislature are calling the session a success.

  "It was a session of historic accomplishments and substantive reforms," said House Speaker Tim Jones (More)

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  Mo. Lawmakers Pass Budget Patch for Kids' Program

  

  Posted 9:51 PM 5/17/2013 by Associated Press

  JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri lawmakers have passed legislation that could patch a hole in the state budget for early childhood programs and health care for the blind.

  Two bills given final approval Friday would transfer $55 million from general revenues into a new fund to finance the (More)

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  Mo. Lawmakers OK Measure Aimed at Child Sex Abuse

  

  Posted 9:49 PM 5/17/2013 by Associated Press

  JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri voters will be asked to amend the state Constitution to give prosecutors another implement in child sex abuse cases.

  The House gave the measure final approval Friday on a 131-26 vote, clearing the way for its placement on a (More)

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  Mo. Bill Restores Open-Records Exemptions

  

  Posted 9:47 PM 5/17/2013 by Associated Press

  JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri lawmakers have sent Gov. Jay Nixon a measure restoring expired exemptions to the state's open-records law.

  The House and Senate both gave the bill unanimous approval Friday.

  One exemption covered operational guidelines and policies developed by law (More)

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  Man Dies in St. Louis Road Rage Incident

  

  Posted 9:45 PM 5/17/2013 by Associated Press

  ST. LOUIS - A man is dead after what police are calling a road rage incident in St. Louis.

  Problems began Thursday on Interstate 70 when a box-style truck allegedly cut off a Lincoln Navigator. The Navigator driver, identified by police as 43-year-old Darvin Wallace of St. Louis, followed (More)

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  Mo. Bill Lets State Workers Carry Guns in Car

  

  Posted 9:42 PM 5/17/2013 by Associated Press

  JEFFERSON CITY - State employees in Missouri could keep firearms in their vehicles on state property under a bill sent to Gov. Jay Nixon.

  The measure would allow state workers to have a firearm in a car if the vehicle is locked and the gun is not in plain sight.

  The bill would also (More)

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  Mo. Bill Allows More Time to Give Up Newborns

  

  Posted 9:40 PM 5/17/2013 by Associated Press

  JEFFERSON CITY - Parents could give up their babies without legal consequences up to 45 days after birth under a bill sent to Gov. Jay Nixon.

  Under current law, parents have five days to leave their babies with medical professionals, firefighters, emergency medical technicians or law (More)

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  Charges Filed in 1986 Kansas City Rape

  

  Posted 9:36 PM 5/17/2013 by Associated Press

  KANSAS CITY - The Jackson County prosecutor says DNA evidence led to charges against a former Kansas City man in the 1986 rape and robbery of a deaf woman.

  Fifty-year-old Alphonso Henderson, currently in custody in a federal prison in Virginia, was charged Friday with rape, forcible sodomy (More)

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  Marston's Bat, Hudson's Arm Lead Tigers Past Stony Brook

  

  Posted 8:14 PM 5/17/2013

  COLUMBIA - Senior Jenna Marston hit a three-run home run to lead the sixth-seeded Mizzou softball team over Stony Brook, 3-0, Friday in the second game of the Columbia Regional. Marston's bomb was her first since early in the 2011 season. Senior Nicole Hudson pitched her second complete game (More)

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