Missouri Lawmakers Enter Final Week of Session
05/12/2014

 (AP) - Missouri lawmakers are down to the final five days of their regular session. 

As usual, there are a variety of issues pending as legislators face a mandatory adjournment of 6 p.m. Friday. 

House and Senate negotiators are still hammering out the details on bills dealing with guns and schools. The Senate still is expected to consider anti-abortion legislation and voting measures. And the House has yet to take a final vote on a measure placing a transportation sales tax on this year's ballot. 

But lawmakers already have wrapped up work on two high-profile issues. They enacted an income tax cut last week by overriding Gov. Jay Nixon's veto. They also have given final 


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