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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Claire McCaskill began her second term on Thursday.  She took the oath of office after being accompanied to the Senate chamber by fellow Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, and former Missouri Sen. Jean Carnahan. McCaskill was the first...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is circulating an online petition urging the National Rifle Association to "make their voice a part of the solution" to prevent future mass killings. The Missouri Democrat said in a news release...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Federal regulators approved Ameren Missouri's plans to reduce its boundary along the Lake ofthe Ozarks to exclude more than 1,500 homes and other structures.  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said Tuesday that it approved...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A sigh of relief is being breathed, for now, by postal employees and customers. The United States Postal Service has announced the city’s mail processing hub has been spared from a first round of closings being made to cut costs....

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo.-- Homeowners at the Lake of the Ozarks continue to live in fear that their lakefront homes may be in danger.  A federal agency has ordered the removal of about 4,000 structures.  Missouri's Senators and Congressional Represenatives...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A state legislator who lost a bid for Congress last year now says he will run for secretary of state next year.  Sen. Bill Stouffer, R-Napton, is a farmer who can't run for re-election because of term limits. Stouffer, who lives...

By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice to be transportation secretary promised on Wednesday to work with Congress to figure out how to fund U.S. transportation needs during a time of tight budgets and faced...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's nominee for transportation secretary — Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx — received a friendly reception from senators of both parties Wednesday laced with warnings that the nation needs to make a...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's energy and environment team took two steps forward on Thursday after the U.S. Senate confirmed Ernest Moniz as energy secretary and a committee cleared Gina McCarthy to get a full Senate vote to lead the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency has moved one step closer to getting the job, but it came without Republican support. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday voted...

Unlike some other observers, we see an opening for the U.S. House to approve a long-overdue measure that would bring tax fairness to Internet purchases. All that is needed is for our elected representatives to choose to support their hometown businesses...

CAMPUS ATTACK-RESIGNATION President of Meramec campus of SLCC resigns (Information in the following story is from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com) KIRKWOOD, Mo. (AP) — The president of the Meramec campus of the St. Louis...