JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – State senators have voted to create a commission to review the University of Missouri System’s policies and administrative structure. Lawmakers voted 28-2 Monday to form the panel, which will recommend changes by the end of the year. Lawmakers have criticized how the school handled student protests over administrators’ perceived indifference…
( KTRS ) The Missouri House is advancing regulations for ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft. House members voted 113-38 Monday to give initial approval to a bill requiring those companies to conduct background checks on drivers. The bill also would require companies to ensure vehicles are insured and provide customers with fare estimates.…
Normandy, MO (KTRS) Public input is being considered in the search for the next system president at the University of Missouri. A series of public forums are being held this week at each of university’s four campuses. About 100 people attended the forum on the campus of UMSL Monday afternoon. Yolanda Weathersby, Director of Student Support…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The leadership board for the four-campus University of Missouri system wants to find out what the public wants from the system’s next president. The forums are being held at each of the campuses. The first two are Monday, with one at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla and…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is allowing about $2 million in previously restricted funding to be spent. Nixon said Monday he’s releasing the money because of revenue growth this fiscal year. In October, Nixon cut more than $46 million in planned spending. He said the cuts were because of the loss…
(KTRS) – Drivers are facing steeper fines for infractions like speeding on a stretch of I-70 in Wentzville. MoDOT designated the highway from Route A and Wentzville Parkway a travel safe zone. Transportation officials say there have been more fatal accidents on that section of highway than other similar areas. Fox 2 reports that signs…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri budget director says revenue is up more than 4 percent this fiscal year compared to last. State budget director Dan Haug on Monday said revenues for the fiscal year that started July 1 are so far 4.2 percent higher than in 2015. This fiscal year, the state has…
WASHINGTON (AP) – On the eve of the Wisconsin primary, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is now predicting that he’s “going to have a really, really big victory.” Trump’s rhetoric in the state has grown increasingly confident over the last three days. Saturday morning, he was on the defensive, complaining about the coverage he’s received from…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A man accused of stealing $31 worth of candy bars from a New Orleans store faces a king-size sentence: He could get 20 years to life in prison. The New Orleans Advocate reports that 34-year-old Jacobia Grimes pleaded not guilty Thursday. Orleans Parish prosecutors charged Grimes under a statute that boosts…
