ST LOUIS — Missouri lawmakers are looking to help businesses and other elected officials in the state grab the second round of cash that might be available in the stimulus bill passed by Congress. An interim committee led by Sen.…

Next stop — Chicago?

ST. LOUIS — As the region struggles with cutbacks in local transit routes, could a long-distance option be on the table?

The Associated Press reports today that Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill are meeting privately today…

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House tonight passed and sent to the governor a bill that allots about $380 million in federal budget stabilization funds for various projects around the state.

The House vote was 115-42. Earlier, the Senate passed it,…

JEFFERSON CITY — On a party-line vote, the Missouri House today passed and sent to the Senate a bill that would cut the state’s individual income tax.

Under the bill, the rates would drop by a half-percentage point. For example, the…

Nasheed

ST. LOUIS — A day after President Barack Obama’s visit, State Rep. Jamilah Nasheed is hosting a town hall forum of her own, focusing on the federal stimulus plan.

Nasheed, along with other members of the city’s State House caucus, have organized…

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House voted today to give $12 million in federal stimulus funds to Metro to soften budget cuts at the St. Louis transit agency.

The amendment, by Rep. Rachel Storch, D-St. Louis, passed on a voice vote…

UPDATED: Republican House members said one leading option for returning some of the stimulus funds to taxpayers was a .5 percent cut for two years in the state’s individual income tax rate. While the Senate has shown less interest in…

WASHINGTON — Illinois is leading the way in snagging stimulus spending and Missouri isn’t doing too bad either.

A new report from Pro Publica lists Illinois as having more than $606 million in stimulus funds approved for transportation projects, leading all other states.

Missouri has the…

WASHINGTON — Missouri will see as much as $50 million in stimulus funds to clean up two former mining sites contaminated with lead and other harmful metals, the Environmental Protection Agency announced today.

Both sites are set to receive between $10 million and $25 million for…

Claire McCaskill

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., held a townhall meeting this morning in the St. Charles Community College gymnasium. On stage, she pulled questions written by the audience from a giant fishbowl, addressing criminal justice reform, gun rights, economic deregulation, illegal immigration…