Missouri Executes Man Weeks After He Was Hospitalized With Heart Problems
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A man convicted of killing his former lover and her husband in what prosecutors described as a fit of rage was executed Tuesday evening in Missouri.
Mike Parson in political news
Execution date set for Missouri inmate, even as he awaits hearing on claim of actual innocence
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday set a Sept. 24 execution date for Marcellus Williams, even as the inmate awaits a court hearing on his claim that he was not involved in the murder that landed him on death row.
Missouri Republican party fails to boot KKK-linked candidate from gubernatorial ticket
A long-shot Missouri gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan will stay on the Republican ticket, a judge ruled on Friday.
Missouri candidate with ties to the KKK can stay on the Republican ballot, judge rules
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A longshot Missouri gubernatorial candidat e with ties to the Ku Klux Klan will stay on the Republican ticket, a judge ruled Friday.
Missouri lawmakers renew crucial $4B Medicaid tax program
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s GOP-led Legislature on Wednesday renewed a more than $4 billion Medicaid program that had been blocked for months by a Republican faction that used it as a bargaining tool.
Missouri lawmakers working to pass budget boosting funding for education and infrastructure
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers were working to pass a roughly $51 billion state budget Friday that boosts funding for education and infrastructure projects around the state.
Missouri Senate filibuster ends with vote on multibillion-dollar Medicaid program
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A dayslong filibuster in the Missouri Senate ended Thursday after a Republican faction allowed a vote on a more than $4 billion Medicaid program they had been holding hostage.
Missouri lawmakers again try to kick Planned Parenthood off Medicaid
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lawmakers in Missouri are trying to defund Planned Parenthood by taking it off Medicaid rolls, even for the most basic of health care services. It’s a move they’ve tried for years in a state where almost all abortions are banned.
- 1
- 2