Turkey is ready to invade northern Syria, after President Trump backed U.S. forces out of the region. “Disappointing in one way, from the standpoint the Kurds are going to be left hanging in the wind here I’m afraid,” mid-Missouri Rep...
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Court sides with state prison guards in $125 million suit over pay
(AP) – A state appeals court has sided with Missouri prison guards who alleged they were shorted on their pay in a lawsuit that could cost taxpayers $125 million. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals W...
Read More »Sec. Chao announces rural transportation infrastructure initiative
(Missourinet) The U.S. Transportation Secretary traveled to St. Louis on Tuesday to unveil a new initiative aimed at addressing disparities in transportation infrastructure in rural America. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao delivered the keynote ad...
Read More »Missouri pays $366K to defend lawsuit over Greitens’ app use
(AP) – A newspaper’s review of state records shows that Missouri taxpayers have spent $366,000 on private attorneys to defend former Gov. Eric Greitens’ use of a self-deleting text message app. The Kansas City Star reports that the bu...
Read More »California faces historic power outage due to fire danger
(AP) – Millions of people were poised to lose electricity throughout northern and central California after Pacific Gas & Electric Co. announced Tuesday it would shut off power in the largest preventive outage in state history to try to avert ...
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