Appointed Board Recommended To Run SLPS For Another Three Years
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is recommending that St. Louis Public Schools remain under an appointed board for another three years. The Missouri Board of Education is scheduled to vote on that recommendation on Tuesday. The Special Administrative Board has been in control of the district since 2007,…
Lawmakers convene bipartisan panel on school funding
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The task force on education formed by Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan will begin holding hearings this week. The panel will meet with Illinois educators at the Capitol on Tuesday to address the state’s decades-old education formula that some lawmakers say unfairly penalizes students in poor districts. House Majority Leader Barbara…
Missouri pushing feral hogs hunting ban on public lands
( KTRS ) The Missouri Department of Conservation say hunters could do more to reduce the population of dangerous feral hogs in the state if they stop shooting them. Officials acknowledge the proposal sounds odd, but they say hunters who shoot a few of the big, wild hogs interfere with efforts to trap them. The traps…
House panel OKs cutting $12M for St. Louis football stadium
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A panel of House members has approved cutting a $12 million payment for the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. The House committee on Monday chopped next fiscal year’s annual payment, which helps pay off the football stadium. Gov. Jay Nixon last year proposed extending payments to build a new…
Man charged in St. Louis shooting death
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis man has been charged in the robbery and killing of another man last month. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/20Xwzk5 ) reports that 31-year-old Adrian Raynell Washington was charged Sunday with first-degree murder robbery and armed criminal action in the shooting death of 21-year-old Antoine Bland on Jan. 18.…
Missouri Legislature votes to create new circuit court
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Legislature has given final approval to legislation that would create a new circuit court in southeast Missouri. The House voted 147-5 Monday to split the court covering Christian and Taney counties and the city of Branson. The Senate approved the measure in January. The bill now heads to Gov.…
Major case squad investigating skeletal remains found in creek.
( KTRS ) The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis has been called in by the Macoopin County Sheriff’s Office to investigate skeletal remains and human body parts found in a creek. The discovery was made by children playing in a creek in the 7200 block of Illinois State Route 159 Monday afternoon around…
Bill could allow Uber drivers to avoid paying local earnings tax
(KTRS) – A provision in a piece of legislation would keep drivers for ride-hailing companies from paying some taxes, including the St. Louis earning tax. The bill was written to allow the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission to create a statewide standard for services like Uber. The Post-Dispatch reports that a piece of the bill…