Will Missouri find a solution to address roads?
Gas tax defeat leaves officials searching anew for MoDOT funding cure https://t.co/bk3nqEbaIH pic.twitter.com/SuFYCvEbjg
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) November 12, 2018
Meanwhile, Kehoe and Schatz said they oppose toll roads, an idea that’s been raised on and off for decades — especially for rebuilding and widening Interstate 70 between the outer edges of metro St. Louis and the Kansas City area.
Kehoe said 60 percent of the state’s population lives within 30 miles north or south of I-70 and “before you get to the letter L in toll, they start freaking out.” Moreover, the Legislature last year went on record against the idea.
Don’t expect to get your medical pot tomorrow.
So Missouri passed medical marijuana. Now what? @andymarso explains. https://t.co/aStcwJ9CRj
— Sharon Hoffmann (@Sharonakc) November 11, 2018
Missouri Medical Marijuana, headquartered in Columbia, was founded the day after the election, with the goal of creating an online directory of doctors and dispensaries — or “a Yelp! for the legal medical marijuana industry in Missouri.”
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It will be probably a year before the state health department has finished writing rules and Missourians can walk into a dispensary in Missouri and buy medical marijuana.
The Kansas City Health Department runs into issues with food for the homeless.
They said they’d be back. So the ball is back in the health department’s court . . . https://t.co/VfBJqSfbPJ
— Joe Robertson (@robertsonkcstar) November 12, 2018
“Everybody was ready to stand up for themselves,” she said. “We’re prepared to face the law.”
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The city had shut down last week’s gatherings, trashing and bleaching much of the food, because the food was not prepared in licensed or approved kitchens and was considered a public safety risk, the city’s director of health, Rex Archer, said last week.
St. Joe avoided a snowfall that slowed traffic in Kansas City this morning.
Firefighters rescued a driver trapped in her SUV after it rolled off a south Shawnee Co. highway this morning. https://t.co/ofTu704Ysn https://t.co/LHR3LBrTEa
— WIBW (@wibw) November 12, 2018
🚨Breaking: Semi crash SB I-435 past Front St. Only 1 lane getting by. Lots of emergency vehicles on scene- use caution in the area. #kctraffic pic.twitter.com/yPUkjbFLZ9
— MoDOT Kansas City (@MoDOT_KC) November 12, 2018
Please slow down, the roads are slick. #TakeItSlowOnIceAndSnow ❄️🚓 pic.twitter.com/Nc6E9iCYR2
— Clay County Sheriff (@SheriffClayCo) November 12, 2018
Brief is a roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.