Author: David A. Lieb
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States seek new ways to pay for highway repairs
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – For nearly a century, the gasoline tax has provided the financial foundation for the nation’s roads. For each gallon they pump, motorists have paid several additional cents in taxes to their state and federal governments. That is still the case in most places. But as vehicles have become more fuel-efficient, gas…
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Missouri shooting victim called quiet, respectful
FERGUSON, Mo. — Michael Brown Sr. stood alone in the center of the narrow street where the blood of his namesake son still stained the gray pavement, two days after the 18-year-old was shot dead by a police officer. He straightened a waist-high wooden cross and re-lit the candles erected as part of a makeshift…
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Agriculture industry seeks to create right to farm
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In the nation’s agricultural heartland, farming is more than a multibillion-dollar industry that feeds the world. It could be on track to become a right, written into law alongside the freedom of speech and religion. Some powerful agriculture interests want to declare farming a right at the state level as…