MISSOURIANA

Missouri legislators have spent so much of this session discussing a $40 increase in daily expense allowances that they missed the deadline for approving a nearly $15 billion state budget.

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Some Missourians express concern over the number of legislators who have been arrested for driving while drinking. It's the No. 1 topic in neighborhood bars.

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One law-and-order citizen says Missouri will stop executing criminals when the criminals stop executing us.

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Missouri may soon have new racetracks that will feature electronic gambling devices, an invention created by the gaming industry to get around the $500 casino loss limit.

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An old-timer is one who can remember when the only vice in Missouri was getting swacked on Saturday night.