Politics

Racial Slur or Honest Mistake?

Greg McNeal, Forbes: "ESPN Uses "Chink in the Armor" Line Twice"

Irving DeJohn and Helen Kennedy, New York Daily News: "Jeremy Lin headline slur was 'honest mistake,' fired ESPN editor Anthony Federico claims"

Racial Slur or Honest Mistake?

Greg McNeal, Forbes: "ESPN Uses "Chink in the Armor" Line Twice"

Irving DeJohn and Helen Kennedy, New York Daily News: "Jeremy Lin headline slur was 'honest mistake,' fired ESPN editor Anthony Federico claims"

Racial Slur or Honest Mistake?

Greg McNeal, Forbes: "ESPN Uses "Chink in the Armor" Line Twice"

Irving DeJohn and Helen Kennedy, New York Daily News: "Jeremy Lin headline slur was 'honest mistake,' fired ESPN editor Anthony Federico claims"

A House committee heard a bill Tuesday allowing kids from unaccredited school districts to attend non-public schools.

An angry email that named four Missouri state senators and mentioned an Arizona congresswoman who was shot and wounded last year has been traced to an eastern Missouri resident.

The Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act, or MOSIRA, has been ruled unconstitutional by a Cole County judge.

Missouri House members have voted to reject a tax plan that would increase property taxes for the best farms.

Property taxes for farms are based on the land's "productive value." Farms are divided into eight groups based on land quality, with the best in Grade 1 and the worst in Grade 8. The Missouri Tax Commission has recommended increasing productive values for the four highest grades.

The property tax changes for 2013 and 2014 take effect unless the Legislature approves a resolution to reject them. House members voted 117-39 on Tuesday to reject the tax proposal.

House member Casey Guernsey, a Republican from Bethany, says flooding and natural disasters have caused problems for agriculture. He says it is a bad time for a tax increase on farmers.

Sparked by past events around the nation, one Missouri senator is trying to make disrupting a house of worship punishable by up to 15 days in jail and a three hundred dollar fine for first time offenders.

The Missouri House has given first-round approval to legislation that would require driver’s license exams be given only in English.

The Springfield City Council is being asked to consider ordinances that would ban discrimination against gay people.

The Mayor's Commission on Human Rights sent three proposed ordinances to the city council that are designed to work together to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.