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What it does: Requires the legislative session to finish in mid-April instead of the current end date of mid-May. Where it is: The measure was brought up for debate on the Senate floor this week, but it has been placed on the informal calendar for now.

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See our newspaper or e-Edition for Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, to read the full version of this News Tribune feature.

Jessi Kempker is the immunization director for the Cole County Health Department, based in Jefferson City.

A Meta boy, 2, was in critical condition Saturday afternoon at University of Missouri's Women's and Children's Hospital in Columbia after he was hurt in a one-vehicle accident on U.S. 50 West in Jefferson City.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Six levee, drainage and road districts in northwest Missouri will receive a total of about $1.2 million in community development block grants to help repair damage from flooding along the Missouri River Gov.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Several Missouri lawmakers are pushing animal welfare and farmer freedom bills that they say came out of debate over Missouri's new dog breeding regulations.

The Missouri State Penitentiary tour season opened Friday, only days after Jefferson City voters defeated a proposal that would have financed some renovations at the site.

There is nothing members of the Missouri House, particularly Republicans, like to talk about more than what they call our country's 'entitlement' culture.

Until two weeks ago, the Cape Girardeau police station was a staple in Officer Cary Dunavan's route no matter where he was patrolling.

Regardless of the name it is called by, supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment that would replace Missouri's income tax with a higher and more comprehensive sales tax told a gathering of reporters in Jefferson City on Thursday they are committed to putting the ballot initiative before voters in November.

Junior Taylor Dukes was named president of the Triangle Coalition during its meeting on Wednesday night at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Resource Center.

On Friday, Nixon named three Democrats to the Truman State University Board of Governors.

While the unit has conducted hauling missions throughout the country, day-to-day business has continued at the Trenton armory.

An 18-year-old Missouri teen, Alyssa Bustamante was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole and thirty years, Wednesday, for her self-described thrill killing of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten who she admitted killing in October 2009.

St. Louis - A St. Louis family claims they're out thousands of dollars after hiring a contractor to pave a parking lot.

Inside of the Festus Library, Margaret Means and her daughter Mary are regaining another piece of their family history.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. &#8212 A group wanting to replace Missouri's income tax with a higher and broader sales tax said Thursday that it is committed to getting the initiative on the November ballot, but declined to say how many millions of dollars it is willing to spend to try to persuade voters to support it.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -A After a relatively short debate, the Missouri Senate voted 25 to 8 Tuesday in favor of a bill that would set Missouri's workplace discrimination standards back nearly 50 years.

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