Missouri on Monday June 29, 2009

MO: Missouri governor signs health care taxes measure
By The Associated Press, The News Tribune (Tacoma)
Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation that levies a tax on several health care businesses. The new revenue will bring more federal Medicaid money to Missouri.
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MO: Judge strikes down Missouri affirmative action measure
By David A. Lieb, The Associated Press , The News Tribune (Tacoma)
A state judge on Friday struck down a proposed constitutional amendment limiting affirmative action programs in Missouri, and supporters may have to start from scratch to get it on the 2010 ballot.
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MO: Guard training -- 'As real as possible' for Missouri soldiers
By Silas Allen, The News Tribune (Tacoma)
CUSTER STATE PARK, S.D. -- A Missouri National Guard unit practiced on basic convoy operations during a training exercise in the Black Hills of South Dakota on June 14.
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MO: Bombing suspect had supremacist history in Missouri
By The Associated Press, The News Tribune (Tacoma)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The white supremacist charged in a 2004 mail bombing in Arizona has a history of hate group activity in Missouri and Oklahoma, including claims that he sent a note of support to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh in 1996 but condemned the killings, an expert says.
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MO: Illegal drugs such as Ecstasy showing up as cartoon-shaped pills in KC
By Joe Lambe, Kansas City Star
Drugs shaped like Snoopy, Transformers and President Barack Obama's head recently showed up on Kansas City area streets, adding to a trend that worries police and health experts.
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MO: Sex offenses regain a role
By T.J. Greaney, Columbia Daily Tribune
About 124 convicted sex offenders in Boone County who had been exempt from state registration requirements will receive letters in two weeks ordering them to register with the county.
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MO: Record numbers seek permits to carry concealed weapons
By Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star
Jackie Poynter surveys the row of handguns on the metal table and picks out a silver .22-caliber Smith & Wesson.
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US: National sex offender registry delayed a year
By The Associated Press, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has given states and American Indian tribes another year to feed a national Internet database set up to protect children by showing where possible predators live and work.
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