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Jerry Nowicki/Capitol News IllinoisJerry Costello II, a former Metro East state lawmaker, says the $12 billion in aid from the Trump administration won’t come close to covering the losses farmers have suffered in the form of lost markets, lower commodity prices and higher input costs. -
Courtesy of People Not PoliticiansPeople Not Politicians sued after Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said he wouldn’t count signatures collected before Oct. 14.
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There are several potential reasons for the disparity, including homeownership rates and access to technology.
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The city will make hotel rooms and rental assistance available for people who are homeless or displaced by the storm. -
Last month, Alton’s attorney asked the mine company to pay for the massive hole in Gordon Moore Park to be drained. The process is still being worked out. -
Missouri submitted a waiver to disqualify some sugary foods from the state’s supplemental nutrition assistance program in October. -
Democrat Michael Madigan was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison and reported to a minimum-security federal prison camp in West Virginia earlier this fall. An appeals court denied his request to be released while an appeal is pending. -
Kim Gardner’s use of the circuit attorney contingency fund to cover the costs associated with an earlier ethics case caught the attention of the state auditor and later federal prosecutors. -
Inspectors from the American Correctional Association recently found the building was riddled with issues including inoperable eye wash stations, as well as dirty cells and dayrooms. -
Opponents of the new map contended that lawmakers couldn’t engage in mid-decade redistricting. But a Cole County judge ruled there's no explicit prohibition on the practice. -
St. Louis Police Chief Robert Tracy extended his contract with the police department on Monday, signing a new three-year deal. -
While a federal court decision Monday gives Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins the chance to reject the referendum, backers of the plan aren’t expecting that move to hold up in state court.
