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Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft made controversial comments about veterans benefits at the GOP's Lincoln Days gubernatorial panel.

Sen. Bill Eigel, a Weldon Spring Republican who served in the Air Force, said he was “stunned to hear one of the candidates up here say he’s really not interested in looking into veterans’ issues or helping them out.”

“We need to give the voters something to actually latch onto and vote for,” said Rep. Brian Seitz, a Branson Republican.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft made controversial comments about veterans benefits at the GOP's Lincoln Days gubernatorial panel.

Local governments in the St. Louis area could request radioactive waste testing from the state under a Missouri House bill that would appropriate money to a long-unfunded program.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources would receive $300,000 to investigate radioactive waste sites under a House bill.

The Missouri House Conservation and Natural Resources Committee on Monday heard testimony on a bill that would transfer $300,000 to a radioactive waste investigations fund for local governments in the St. Louis area

Republicans had loaded the measure with extra provisions unrelated to the higher threshold for constitutional amendments.

 

A shooting in Kansas City as fans celebrated the Chiefs Super Bowl win left one person dead and as many as 15 injured.