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MO Statehouse
12:23 pm
Mon January 31, 2011

Bill would boost Mo. penalties for human trafficking

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Democratic Rep. Jason Kander on the floor of the Missouri House of Representatives on Jan. 27, 2011. (Courtesy Tim Bommel and the House Communications Office)
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A state representative has announced plans to introduce a bill to increase penalties for human trafficking convictions in Missouri.

Democratic Rep. Jason Kander said the measure he plans to introduce this week would boost Missouri penalties for human trafficking to the same level as federal statutes. He said federal penalties for human trafficking range from fines to five years and up to life in prison. Most Missouri human trafficking penalties go up to 15 years in prison.

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Storm in St. Louis
12:01 pm
Mon January 31, 2011

Winter storm information and resources

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Trucks are once again rolling westbound on Highway 70 in Foristell, Mo. on Feb. 2, 2011. Highway 70 was closed due to heavy snow from Wentzville to Kansas City, Mo. on Feb. 1. (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
The statue of Baseball Hall of Fame member Lou Brock stands coated in ice outside of Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Feb. 1, 2011. (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
Jim Kramper from the National Weather Service explains the dangers of the expected blizzard expected to hit the St. Louis region on Jan. 31, 2011.(UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
Traffic signals near the Stan Musial statue at Busch Stadium are encased in icicles as a freezing rain falls in St. Louis on Jan. 31, 2011. (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
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Death at Busch Home
11:05 am
Mon January 31, 2011

Report on Adrienne Martin could come this week

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Adrienne Martin was the girlfriend of former Anheuser-Busch CEO August Busch IV. She was found dead at his estate on Dec. 19. Martin's toxicology results are back but are still being evaluated. (UPI/Handout)
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Toxicology results for Adrienne Martin are back, but officials with the St. Louis County Medical Examiner's office are still evaluating those results as they try to determine what killed her.

Martin was the girlfriend of former Anheuser-Busch CEO August Busch IV. She was found dead at his estate on Dec. 19.

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Auditor
2:59 pm
Fri January 28, 2011

Mo. auditor Schweich to rate agencies, poor to excellent

Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich. (via Office of the Auditor)
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New Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich plans to rate the entities he audits on a scale of excellent to poor.

Schweich said Friday his grading scale is intended to provide an evaluation that's easy to understand both for the general public and the agency being audited. He hopes the new system will provide some context about the severity of problems that get pointed out in audits.

The best rating will be excellent, followed by good, fair and poor.

He plans to start using the rating scale for audits released in February.

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University of Missouri System
11:56 am
Fri January 28, 2011

U. of Missouri curators approve tuition increase

The dome of Jesse Hall at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. (via Flickr/jennlynndesign)
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Updated at 3:08 p.m. Jan. 28, 2011 with comment from Erdman and Krawitz.

Reporting from KBIA's Courtney Flatt also used in this report.

Krawitz says 20 percent of the revenue generated form the tuition increase will be put into financial aid.

Tuition at the four University of Missouri campuses will increase for the first time in two years after a vote by the systems' Board of Curators.

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