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A sign promoting the passage of Proposition E in St. Louis.

Proposition E: examining the earnings tax in St. Louis and Kansas City

Maria Altman

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-960348.mp3On Tuesday, voters in St. Louis and Kansas City will have their…

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (R) and Missouri Department of Transportation Director Kevin Keith inspect tracks outside of the Kirkwood Amtrak Station in Kirkwood, Mo. on March 29, 2011.

Missouri going after Florida's rejected high-speed rail funding

Missouri is one of a handful of states applying for some $2.4 billion in federal funding for high-speed rail projects that Florida rejected last…

Democratic Rep. Jason Kander on the floor of the Missouri House of Representatives on Jan. 27, 2011. (Courtesy Tim Bommel and the House Communications Office)

Government, Politics & Issues

Bill would boost Mo. penalties for human trafficking

A state representative has announced plans to introduce a bill to increase penalties for human trafficking convictions in Missouri.Democratic Rep. Jason…

Rex Sinquefield in 2008. Sinquefield is donating $300,000 to further political action committee A Safer Missouri's efforts to remove St. Louis and Kansas City police from state control. (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)

Sinquefield donating $300K to promote local control of police departments

Political activist Rex Sinquefield is donating $300,000 to a Missouri group's effort to remove the St. Louis and Kansas City police departments from state…