Denver Post (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
The body of a missing 9-year-old girl was found in a wooded area near Jefferson City, Missouri's capital, on Friday, two days after she was last seen walking from a neighbor's home, police said.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Dozens of people have been searching a wooded area near Jefferson City, Missouri for a 9-year-old girl who vanished after visiting a friend.
The Curt Jester (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
MADISON - As Gov. Jim Doyle was telling Wisconsinites on Aug. 17 that he would not seek a third term as governor, the Catholic bishops of Wisconsin were letting the faithful know of their "deep concern" about the recently approved state budget that requires them to provide contraceptive services to those for whom they provide health insurance. "This mandate will compel Catholic dioceses,...
ACLU (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Eastern Missouri and the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri today filed a lawsuit challenging the latest attempt by a political operative to rewrite Missouri's state constitution to ban equal opportunity programs in the state.
News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 03/25/2009
Partnership for Children always asks Jefferson City lawmakers to consider one question before voting on legislation: “Is it good for the children'” During recent votes on expanding the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, it was obvious that question was ignored.
The St Louis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
Members of Missouri’s Development Finance Board heard details about the proposed Ballpark Village mixed-use development at its monthly meeting Tuesday in Jefferson City.
KY3 News (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) -- Missouri lawmakers approve a $312 million midyear spending bill that rejects the governor's plan to expand a children's health care program. Gov. Jay Nixon proposed increasing the funding for a program that covers health insurance costs for children who don't have private health insurance and whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid. The legislation approved Tuesday...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee likened abortion to slavery in a Monday speech during a fundraiser for an anti-abortion group. Huckabee said that when it abolished slavery, the U.S. debated and decided it was immoral for one person to have complete, life-or-death power over another. He said that should not change whether the control...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
JEFFERSON CITY | Critics of legislation making it a crime to coerce someone in Missouri to have an abortion and requiring that more information be offered to women seeking abortions tied up the state Senate into the night Monday.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
JEFFERSON CITY | Critics of legislation making it a crime to coerce someone in Missouri to have an abortion and requiring that more information be offered to women seeking abortions tied up the state Senate into the night Monday.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
JEFFERSON CITY | The Missouri House has given first-round approval to a tax break for parents of stillborn children.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 03/23/2009
JEFFERSON CITY | A contract to improve the radio system used by Missouri's emergency responders is facing a challenge.
Tell-It-Like-It-Is (Free subscription) | 03/23/2009
JEFFERSON CITY The number of people with mental illnesses living in Missouri nursing homes is growing at the third-fastest clip in the country. Federal data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid prepared for The Associated Press show that more than 4,400 people with mental illnesses stayed in Missouri nursing homes last year. Across the U.S., more mentally ill adults are being cared for in nursing...
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 03/23/2009
JEFFERSON CITY | The number of people with mental illnesses living in Missouri nursing homes is growing at the third-fastest clip in the country.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 03/21/2009
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Could a vintage, dog-eared copy of The Cat in the Hat or Where the Wild Things Are be hazardous to your children?
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