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…
( 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…
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…
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.…
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.…
( 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…
(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…
(KTRS) – Presidential primaries are approaching in Illinois and Missouri–voters will head to the polls on March 15. There is still time for people to register to vote in both states. Tuesday is the registration deadline in Illinois, and Wednesday is the deadline in Missouri. Missouri and Illinois both feature open presidential primaries, meaning voters…
WASHINGTON (AP) – A mysterious brain disorder can be confused with early Alzheimer’s disease. It isn’t robbing patients of their memories, but rather their ability to talk about them. It’s called primary progressive aphasia, and researchers said Sunday they’re finding better ways to diagnose the rare syndrome so that people whose thoughts are lucid but…
