David Lieb

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In this photo made Wednesday, April 23, 2014, Amy Jennewein works her shift at a grocery store in House Springs, Mo. A divorced mother of three, Jennewein rises early in the morning to get to work at a parochial preschool before the children of other working parents arrive then she labors at a grocery store shift long after the sun has set to afford food for her own children. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

State governments may be expanding wealth gap

David Lieb · June 5, 2014 6:01 am

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon's administration has been paying its dues to the National Governors Association with money intended for the oversight of the state's foster care program and other social services. (AP Photo/The Southeast Missourian, Fred Lynch)

Missouri governor dues paid from children’s budget

David Lieb · May 15, 2014 4:00 am

The $26.8 billion budget in front of the Republican-led Legislature is about $900 million lighter than Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon recommended in January, largely because lawmakers have rejected his recommendations to tap into billions of federal dollars to expand Medicaid eligibility to an estimated 300,000 lower-income adults. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Missouri Senate backs education funding increase

David Lieb · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

Missouri lawmakers hear pleas to expand Medicaid

David Lieb · March 26, 2014 12:00 am

Missouri Senate passes business truce with Kansas

David Lieb · February 27, 2014 11:58 pm

Missouri AG challenges California egg law

David Lieb · February 5, 2014 1:27 am

Mo. cities urge veto of cellphone tower bill

David Lieb · June 7, 2013 9:42 pm

This undated handout photo provided by the Hornsby family shows JaNae Hornsby. JaNae, who was killed when a tornado struck Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., on May 20, 2013, is described by her father Joshua Hornsby as a "special baby" who made friends with everyone she met. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Hornsby Family)

Tornado took town’s youngest as it swept through

Sean Murphy, Ramit PlushnickMasti, Christopher Sherman, David Lieb · May 24, 2013 4:00 am

In this image made from video, Amy Sharp, right, hugs daughter Jenna Dunn, 10, a day after she picked up her children from Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., which was leveled by a tornado packing winds of up to 200 mph. on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. (AP Photo/P. Solomon Banda)

Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down

David Lieb · May 22, 2013 4:00 am

APNewsBreak: Mo. photo biometrics plan in limbo

David Lieb · April 23, 2013 11:29 pm

Mo. officials defend licensing policy to senators

David Lieb · April 10, 2013 4:00 am

Mo. Gov. Nixon signs tax credit legislation

David Lieb · March 29, 2013 5:47 pm