BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A federal study recommending that a U.S. spy agency remain in St. Louis rather than move to Illinois contains geographical errors that officials in the losing state hope will bolster their efforts to win the $1.6 billion project. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has preliminarily selected a blighted section of north St.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri would legalize the growing of industrial hemp as a raw material for manufacturing under a measure advancing in the Legislature. The House on Monday voted 123-29 to pass the legislation and send it to the Senate. The bill would legalize and regulate the cultivation of hemp, which contains very…
( KTRS ) State senators have trimmed about $28 million of Medicaid spending from a mid-year increase to Missouri’s budget. Most of the nearly $500 million supplemental budget would still go to health care for people with low incomes. The adjustment to Missouri’s current $26 billion budget reflects higher health care costs than officials estimated…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Michael Wacha allowed four hits in six scoreless innings and the St. Louis Cardinals had 10 extra-base hits Monday in routing the Milwaukee Brewers 10-1 in their home opener. Jeremy Hazelbaker was 4 for 4 with a triple, double and sacrifice fly, lifting his average to .526, and fellow rookie Almedys…
CHICAGO (AP) – Rank-and-file Illinois lawmakers frustrated by the 10-month state budget impasse are meeting on their own in bipartisan groups to discuss potential solutions. Some of those legislators spoke Monday in Chicago during a forum on the budget hosted by The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform. State Reps. William Davis, a Homewood Democrat, and…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Senate Democrats are stalling a Republican proposal to require a photo ID to vote in Missouri. Republicans tabled the legislation Monday after about two hours of debate but said they would bring it up again. A Democratic filibuster last week also halted debate on the bill. Democrats say requiring a photo…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A new policy called “Ban the Box” is in place to help those with a criminal record have an easier time of getting a job in the state of Missouri. On Monday afternoon, Governor Jay Nixon visited the St. Louis Agency On Training and Employment, where he signed an executive order…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri says it’s planning to close two more dorms on the Columbia campus because of a drop in residency. KMBC-TV reports cites in a decrease in the number of students requiring housing at the campus for deciding to no longer offer space at the Respect or Excellence residence…
