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Missouri's Senate on Monday approved a 10-cents per-gallon fuels tax increase, phased in over a five-year period. But the proposed increase is far from a done deal, since it was added to a 420-page bill that makes numerous changes to the ways state government gets its revenues - and still must win the Senate's final approval.
Eric Greitens has been many things in his 42 years, including a Navy SEAL officer, Rhodes scholar, White House fellow, charity founder, best-selling author and inspirational speaker. On Monday, he'll begin his new life as a public servant when he is sworn in as Missouri's 56th governor during a ceremony in front of the Capitol building.
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The Missouri legislature used its Republican supermajority override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto to significantly loosen the state's gun laws and to strengthen voting requirements. The two overrides highlighted 13 total overrides of Nixon vetoes on Wednesday, adding to Nixon's record as the most overridden governor in state history.
On September 14 Missouri's Republican lawmakers overrode Governor Jay Nixon's veto of SB 656 and made Missouri the newest "Stand Your Ground" state. Breitbart News previously reported that the veto override also abolished permitting requirements for law-abiding citizens who wish to exercise their Second Amendment rights by carrying handguns on their persons for self-defense.
Authorities in Rhode Island are searching for a fugitive wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer in North Carolina. A wounded fugitive wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer in North Carolina was captured by police in Rhode Island on Wednesday and was arraigned, state police said.
Authorities in Rhode Island are searching for a fugitive wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer in North Carolina. A wounded fugitive wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer in North Carolina was captured by police in Rhode Island on Wednesday and was arraigned, state police said.
Missouri lawmakers are set to expand Gov. Jay Nixon's already historic status as the state's most overridden governor, a record the Democrat earned after years of clashing with a Legislature under virtually unchecked Republican control. Since Nixon took office in 2009, lawmakers have overridden 83 of his vetoes of bills and budget expenditures - nearly four times the combined total of all other governors' overrides dating back to Missouri's territorial days in the early 1800s.
Amid the tear gas and tweets, armored vehicles and expletive-laced chants that followed the death of Michael Brown at the hands of a police officer two years ago, a new generation of demonstrators embraced a different paradigm. They shunned the tactics of the civil-rights movement of the 1960s, and spoke of rage and pain instead of love and unity.
What could be scarier than a statue of Lucille Ball that was so hated it was dubbed "Scary Lucy"? Being the sculptor hired to replace it. What could be scarier than a statue of Lucille Ball that was so hated it was dubbed "Scary Lucy"? Being the sculptor hired to replace it.
Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens won the Republican primary for Missouri governor Tuesday after a hard-fought race in which he cast himself as a conservative outsider willing to use his military bravado to blow up perceived corruption in government. Greitens prevailed over another self-described outsider, businessman John Brunner, and a pair of more experienced Republican leaders - longtime Lt.
Missouri's most competitive Republican gubernatorial primary in two dozen years will come to a close Tuesday, as voters select from among four well-funded candidates promoting themselves as the party's conservative standard-bearer. Democrats also will choose a gubernatorial nominee.
Missouri's four Republican candidates for governor are weighing in on national and state policies that would affect LGBT people amid nationwide discussions that gained traction after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in all states.