(AP) — A conservative advocacy group’s Missouri chapter is seeking to put what’s expected to be the state’s first gas tax hike in years to a public vote. The secretary of state said Monday that Americans for Prosperity-Missouri’s director filed t...
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Biden raises cease-fire, civilian toll in call to Netanyahu
(AP) President Joe Biden expressed support for a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers in a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but he stopped short of demanding an immediate stop to the eight days of Israeli airstri...
Read More »Hackers take control of Mexico school Facebook page
Someone hacked the Mexico school district’s Facebook page. School officials tell ABC 17 that hackers used a phishing scam through a staffer’s personal account to get access to the page. Then they removed administrative privileges for district workers, ...
Read More »Missouri judge rules against law stripping state union power
(AP) — A Missouri judge says a 2018 law was wrongly used to end significant union protections for state workers. Cole County Judge Jon Beetem last week ruled that state agencies unconstitutionally used the 2018 law to ignore union-negotiated contracts....
Read More »Gaetz associate pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges
(AP) — A Florida politician who emerged as a central figure in the Justice Department’s sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz has pleaded guilty to six federal charges and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as part of a plea deal. Longti...
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