ST. LOUIS (AP) – Parents, students and graduates of a St. Louis-area school district are making the case for shedding an unaccredited designation, which allows students to transfer to better-performing schools. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education officials heard Thursday from backers of the Riverview Gardens School…
JEFFERSON, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri bill that lowers fees for minor traffic and ordinance violations has advanced from the state Senate. Senators voted unanimously Friday in favor of the proposal, which needs another House vote before the session ends May 13. The proposal would lower the cap on minor traffic violation fines from $300…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Ethics Commission will investigate whether state Sen. Kurt Schaefer pressured the University of Missouri to block Josh Hawley from running for Missouri attorney general. The announcement Thursday reverses a decision made last week by James Klahr, executive director of the commission. He had said the commission didn’t have…
WASHINGTON (AP) – When it comes to baby names, Americans seem to be somewhat united: Emma and Noah are tops. And don’t name your kid Isis. For the second year in a row, Emma and Noah top the annual list of top baby names. That’s the third year at No. 1 for Noah and the…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Republican party chairman says he supports Donald Trump as the party’s presidential nominee. Reince Priebus is breaking with House Speaker Paul Ryan, who said Thursday he’s not ready to back Trump. Priebus says he backs Trump even if he disagrees with ideas like banning Muslims from entering the U.S. The chairman…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is threatening a floor fight over rules and platform planks at the party’s summer convention if the Democratic National Committee stacks the committees with supporters of Hillary Clinton. Sanders writes in a letter to Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz that the makeup of the standing…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger says the county plans to appeal a judges ruling on a policing measure. Circuit Judge Robert S. Cohen issued a summary judgment on Wednesday in favor of a challenge by several larger cities in the county, who called the measure “illegal and unconstitutional.” Varying…
