WASHINGTON (AP) – Hillary Clinton is receiving the endorsement of the United Farm Workers, the largest farmworkers union in the country. The union, active in 10 states, has a largely Latino membership, a key voting bloc for Clinton in both the primary and general elections. She received their endorsement over then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in…
(KTRS) Lawmakers have passed a spending plan that includes about $69 million more for K-12 schools and nearly $10 million more in performance funding for higher education in Missouri. Proposals that passed include a roughly $69 million increase in basic aid for public K-12 schools. Education officials say that’s still well below what’s needed to…
(KTRS) The Illinois House has failed to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of funding for college grants and two-year schools. The House debated restoring hundreds of millions of dollars in college funding for two hours Wednesday afternoon. But overcoming Republican Rauner’s rejection of the spending required 71 votes, it only gathered 69. The legislation involved…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A retrial has been set for a man whose murder conviction and death sentence were overturned in the 1991 St. Louis killings of two sisters thrown from an abandoned Mississippi River bridge. A judge on Wednesday tentatively scheduled jury selection in Reginald Clemons’ trial to begin July 18. Prosecutors say 20-year-old…
(KTRS) – St. Louis Police say that a dashcam video proves that social media descriptions of a traffic stop were false. The stop in question happened Sunday evening. Hours after the traffic stop, a Facebook account under the name Melissa Bennett posted a story about the stop, saying her 2 year-old nephew and a five-month…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A state senator running for attorney general wants Missouri to expand its “stand your ground” laws to make it easier for people to use deadly force in self-defense. Sen. Kurt Schaefer told a senate panel Wednesday that people should be able to do whatever it takes to defend themselves without…
(KTRS) – Civic leaders will have to wait until next month to find out where a federal spy agency will build its new home. The Post-Dispatch reports the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency had planned to announce relocation plans on March 25. The agency is considering four area locations: Fenton on the site of the old Chrysler…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s unemployment rate has fallen again to its lowest point since 2001. The state Department of Economic Development said Tuesday that Missouri’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in January. That’s down one-tenth of a percentage point from December 2015 and is its lowest mark since June 2001. Missouri’s…
NEW YORK (KTRS/AP) — Sports Authority has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The retailer said Wednesday that it plans to close or sell about 140 stores and two distribution centers, in Denver and Chicago. The Englewood, Colorado, company has 463 stores in 41 states and Puerto Rico. The store closings are expected to take…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis County has become the first jurisdiction in Missouri to adopt a program for monitoring the sale of prescription drugs, including opioids that can sometimes cause addictions and lead to heroin abuse. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the county council voted unanimously Tuesday to enact the program. The vote…