SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – House Speaker Michael Madigan has rejected Gov. Bruce Rauner’s idea to give the Republican executive sole budget-cutting authority. The Chicago Democrat says Rauner’s conservative agenda is too “extreme” to trust him with that power. Lawmakers gave similar authority in the past to former Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn. Madigan favors Rauner’s idea…
Gosen is the third lawmaker to resign under pressure in the past year
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota’s governor could make the state the first in the U.S. to approve a law that would require transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their sex at birth. The state Senate approved the bill Tuesday. It now goes to Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard, who has…
Investigators also found significant amounts of human feces and spoiled food
St. Louis, MO (AP) The St. Louis Rams are gone, and the stadium where they played might soon be a thing of the past, too. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports one option being considered for renovation of the city’s convention center is tearing down the Edward Jones Dome, home to the Rams from 1995, their…
Hazelwood, MO (KTRS) Many parents, teachers, and students in a north county school district are angry over budget reductions that would include major cuts to elementary band and physical education. That anger spilled over Tuesday night when an overflow crowd showed up for the Hazelwood School Board meeting. Most who showed up couldn’t attend because district…
