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Early Voting Gets First-Round Approval In Missouri House

Marshall Griffin

The Missouri House has given first-round approval to two measures to establish early voting, also known as "advance voting."The first, House Joint…

Government, Politics & Issues

Missouri House Passes Photo ID Requirement For Voting

Marshall Griffin

The Missouri House has passed two pieces of legislation that would usher in photo ID requirements for voters.First, the House passed HJR 47, a proposed…

Government, Politics & Issues

Mo. proposal calls for more petition signatures

A Missouri lawmaker wants organizers of initiative petitions to collect signatures from all of the state's congressional districts before their measures…

Government, Politics & Issues

Mo. Senate and House committee pass photo I.D. requirement for voters

Marshall Griffin

Legislation that would require Missouri voters to show photo identification at the polls is advancing in both chambers of the General Assembly. First, a…

St. Louis-based Peabody Energy announced that it doubled it profits in the last three months as higher global prices and demand for coal offset production disruptions blamed on devastating rains in Australia. (slprnews)

Morning headlines: Injunction prevents St. Charles county from enforcing restrictions on funeral protests, Mo. House committee takes up Prop B repeal, Peabody Energy doubles profits

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction yesterday that prevents St. Charles county from enforcing a law…

Government, Politics & Issues

Mo. bill lowers threshold for election recounts

Did your favorite Missouri candidate lose a close election?Well, a southern Missouri lawmaker wants to make it harder for close-election losers to get an…