Senators want answers on veterans records breach
ST. LOUIS - Both U.S. senators from Missouri are seeking answers about the potential fallout for veterans and their families after a former clerk admitted misfiling hundreds of military records at a...
View ArticleMo. GOP stresses unity as potential primary looms
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri - A potential Republican primary for Missouri governor was stirring concern among some party activists Saturday as hundreds of Republicans gathered for an annual conference -...
View ArticleMissouri governor endorses Keystone oil pipeline
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is in favor of the proposed oil pipeline route through the middle of the United States, joining other Midwestern governors who are urging President...
View ArticleMo. GOP stresses unity as potential primary looms
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri - A potential Republican primary for Missouri governor was stirring concern among some party activists Saturday as hundreds of Republicans gathered for an annual conference -...
View ArticleMissouri governor endorses Keystone oil pipeline
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is in favor of the proposed oil pipeline route through the middle of the United States, joining other Midwestern governors who are urging President...
View ArticleMissouri senators listen to military needs
ST. JOSEPH, Missouri - Missouri's two U.S. senators met Thursday with the state's National Guard leaders, who outlined some of the needs for the northwest Missouri base - including a newer model aircraft.
View ArticleClarification: Media Shield Law story
WASHINGTON - In a story March 24, The Associated Press reported that Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., discussed the media shield legislation at The New York Times' Sources and Secrets conference on the...
View ArticleMissouri senators listen to military needs
ST. JOSEPH, Missouri - Missouri's two U.S. senators met Thursday with the state's National Guard leaders, who outlined some of the needs for the northwest Missouri base - including a newer model aircraft.
View ArticleClarification: Media Shield Law story
WASHINGTON - In a story March 24, The Associated Press reported that Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., discussed the media shield legislation at The New York Times' Sources and Secrets conference on the...
View ArticleUS Senate endorses St. Louis as chess capital
ST. LOUIS - Missouri's two U.S. senators have persuaded their colleagues to designate St. Louis as the nation's chess capital.
View ArticleBill would rename Union Station after Truman
WASHINGTON - Missouri's two senators want to rename Washington's Union Station after President Harry Truman.
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Lax psychiatric care alleged at St. Louis VA
ST. LOUIS - The VA hospital in St. Louis is investigating claims by the former chief of psychiatry that veterans often wait a month or more for mental health treatment because psychiatrists and other...
View ArticleAffordable Care Act contractor under scrutiny
ST. LOUIS - Several lawmakers in Washington are demanding answers after media outlets reported that an Affordable Care Act processing center near St. Louis is paying employees to do nothing.
View ArticleSen. Blunt plans mental health tour in Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt plans to emphasize mental health issues while traveling across Missouri next week.
View ArticleSen. Blunt critical of Afghanistan withdrawal plan
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt is criticizing President Barack Obama's announcement that he will withdraw almost all troops from Afghanistan over the next couple of years.
View ArticleBlunt: No answers yet on VA concerns in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS - U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt said Wednesday he was outraged that Veterans Affairs has been slow to respond to concerns about mental health treatment for veterans at its St. Louis hospital, but the...
View ArticleEPA seeks 21 percent emission drop in Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - To meet newly proposed federal standards, Missouri would need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by more than one-fifth by 2030 - a less aggressive target...
View ArticleBlunt, McCaskill urge accountability for VA
ST. LOUIS - Veterans Affairs leaders need to be held accountable after reports that VA health care centers in four Midwestern states maintained secret, unauthorized waiting lists of veterans, some of...
View ArticleMissouri senator: Kansas City VA had secret list
KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The Veterans Affairs medical center in Kansas City, Missouri, maintained a secret waiting list of veterans, the latest of several centers around the country found to have such...
View ArticleLawmakers await answers on processing center
ST. LOUIS - Two Missouri lawmakers say they're still waiting for answers from the government about reports that employees are being paid to do very little work at a suburban St. Louis processing center...
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