David A. Lieb

A billboard promoting a ballot measure to legalize sports betting in Missouri is seen along Interstate 44 Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, in St. Louis County, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Missouri sports betting ballot measure highlights national debate about tax rates

October 27, 2024 at 1:49 p.m.

The ads promoting a November ballot measure to legalize sports betting in Missouri tout the potential for millions of new tax dollars devoted to schools. If voters approve the measure,...

Jim Blodgett, safety and security director for the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, discusses digital mapping of school facilities on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at his office in Middleton, Wis. Digital maps can be used by law enforcement and others who are responding to emergencies. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

School shootings prompt more states to fund digital maps for first responders

March 30, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

Spurred by mass shootings, thousands of school districts have hired companies to produce detailed digital maps that can help police, firefighters and medical professionals respond more quickly in emergencies.

All four legislative leaders have come out against Prop 27, the ballot measure legalizing online sports betting. The bipartisan group says they are concerned about revenues supporting out-of-state groups and not tribes. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Odds for more sports betting expansion could fade after rapid growth to 38 states

December 27, 2023 at 7:11 a.m.

Sports betting has spread rapidly across U.S. states in the past five years. But the odds for further expansion may be fading as state legislatures prepare to return to work...

Girls write messages on crosses at an entry to Covenant School, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn., which has become a memorial for the victims of Monday’s school shooting. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Mass shootings seldom shift partisan policies despite outcry

March 29, 2023 at 5:39 a.m.

Following Monday鈥檚 shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, tensions ran high among state lawmakers meeting across town in the state Capitol. Democrats called for action on gun control --...

“Dilbert” loses distributor over Scott Adams’ racist remarks as newspapers 鈥� including The Denver Post 鈥� drop comic

February 27, 2023 at 3:15 p.m.

鈥淒ilbert鈥� creator Scott Adams continued to see his reach shrink Monday as dozens of newspapers and a major comic strip platform said they would no longer publish his long-running office...

Over $2 billion announced for roads, bridges, bike lanes across U.S.

August 11, 2022 at 4:49 p.m.

U.S. transportation officials announced $2.2 billion for local infrastructure projects on Thursday, paving the way for new bridges, roads, bike lanes, railways and ports in scores of communities across the...

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks during ...

Governors diverge on gun control, school security efforts

May 29, 2022 at 6:45 p.m.

As the U.S. mourns the victims of its latest mass shooting -- 19 elementary school students and two teachers gunned down in Texas — Democratic governors are amplifying their calls...

President Donald Trump shakes hands with ...

NRA stages annual convention in Texas days after school massacre

May 26, 2022 at 5:19 p.m.

The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday, and leaders of the powerful gun-rights lobbying group are gearing up to 鈥渞eflect on鈥� -- and deflect any...

EXPLAINER: Must employers follow Biden鈥檚 vaccine mandates?

December 18, 2021 at 12:03 p.m.

Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have issued different rulings related to President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for larger private companies,...

FILE – Missouri Attorney General Eric ...

Biden vaccine rule for health workers blocked in 10 states

November 29, 2021 at 7:14 p.m.

A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first...

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