(AP) — Joe Biden swept to victory in Florida, Illinois and Arizona, increasingly pulling away with a Democratic presidential primary upended by the coronavirus and building pressure on Bernie Sanders to abandon his campaign. The former vice president’s...
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Missouri House votes on state budget Wednesday
Missouri’s budget will get a boost of $13 million in federal COVID-19 funding. Rep. Cody Smith, the Missouri House budget committee chairman, says that should keep the state from having to dip into its rainy day fund. “The preference would ...
Read More »Trump’s economic rescue package could approach $1 trillion
(AP) — In a massive federal effort, President Donald Trump asked Congress to speed emergency checks to Americans, enlisted the military for MASH-like hospitals and implored ordinary people — particularly socially active millennials — to do their part b...
Read More »Kansas governor closes K-12 schools; workers to stay home
(AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly has closed Kansas’ public and private K-12 schools for the rest of the spring semester, moving teaching online throughout the state to try to lessen the spread of the new coronavirus. Kelly also said that starting Monday, ...
Read More »Mo. Supreme Court denies challenge to Grain Belt
The Missouri Supreme Court denied a request to hear a case about a controversial high-voltage power line project, according to Missourinet. A private company is set to run Grain Belt Express, a wind-energy out of Kansas, across our state. It will hit m...
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