Lawmakers Prepare For Tom Schweich’s Funeral

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are clearing their schedules to allow members to attend Auditor Tom Schweich's funeral. Schweich's funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Church of St. Michael and St. George in the St. Louis suburb of Clayton. The church is an episcopal one where Schweich was a member. Schweich died Thursday morning at his Clayton home in what police say is an apparent suicide. Schweich, serving his second term as auditor, also was seeking the GOP nomination for governor.

On a related story, a Missouri state senator is challenging colleagues to clean up their campaign tactics following the death of Auditor Tom Schweich in an apparent suicide. Republican state Sen. Mike Parson denounced a political environment in which he says candidates are torn down with "misleading statements, outright lies and propaganda." Many of the state's top elected officials are expected to attend Schweich's funeral Tuesday in Clayton.