Stories from Wednesday, May 1, 2013

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court will hear an appeal today from a Carter County, Mo., man facing the death penalty for gunning a Missouri State Highway Patrol sergeant down in the driveway of his Van Buren, Mo., home...

By MONA CHAREN Obama doesn't care about dead children. He's indifferent to the suffering of their parents. There isn't a single coherent argument on his side of the case. He lies about the issue. It's pure politics. That's the way the dispute would be presented if Obama's opponents deployed the kind of demagogic language he slips on like comfortable loafers. ...

Stupid economy Remember Butler Electric in Corning, Ark. and now NORDYNE in Poplar Bluff, Mo. thanks to Bill Clinton's fair trade agreement. Think of all the companies that have left this good ole U. S. A. Thanks, Bill, and don't forget George W. Bush -- two wars wasn't paid for. This made a stupid economy...

By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer The Missouri Federation Women's Democratic Club has selected Dalia "Dee" Garrison from Ripley County as its "Democrat Woman of the Year" from the 8th District at the yearly convention held in Doniphan, Mo. on Saturday, April 13...

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- Two of the three most infamous Supreme Court decisions were erased by events. The Civil War and postwar constitutional amendments effectively overturned Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), which held that blacks could never have rights that whites must respect. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which upheld legally enforced segregation, was undone by court decisions and legislation...

Removing the Department of Revenue from the Concealed Carry Permit Process (HB 859) While this week did not produce any new startling discoveries in regard to the ongoing Missouri Department of Revenue scandal, the House did take legislative action to ensure the department will never again release the personal information of concealed carry permit holders...