By Tom Coulter, Columbia Missourian
JEFFERSON CITY — More than a year after the Missouri Housing Development Commission voted to freeze the state’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, the Senate signaled initial approval Wednesday to bring it back — with a few changes.
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Change to drug laws would turn distribution into murder in some cases
By Sidney Steele, Columbia Missourian
JEFFERSON CITY — Someone who knowingly and unlawfully manufactures, delivers or distributes a controlled substance that results in another person’s death could be convicted of murder in the second degree in legislation being debated by state lawmakers.
'High need students' are focus of proposed change to A+ Scholarship program
By Anna Lewis, Columbia Missourian
Some students would receive more of their A+ program scholarship money under two proposed bills, but the change would come at a high cost to the state.
Sen. Josh Hawley subpoenaed in Sunshine Law case
By Brennan John, Columbia Missourian
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley has been subpoenaed in a case involving possible violations of Missouri’s public records law when he served as the state’s Attorney General.
Lawmaker wants to see more veterans treatment courts in the state
By Gaelle Fournier, Columbia Missourian
JEFFERSON CITY — Hal J. Dulle, a former U.S. Marine, was exposed to drugs for the first time when he was serving in Vietnam.
“It was a way to deal with the trauma,” said Dulle. “It became a common thing to lean on to adjust to life after war.”