JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – University of Missouri System Interim President Mike Middleton is asking lawmakers for time to enact changes following a tumultuous fall at the Columbia campus. Middleton told state lawmakers during a Wednesday hearing that the university is working to address concerns raised after turmoil. Middleton, the interim chancellor of the Columbia…
(KTRS) – St. Louis is making steps toward bring a Major League Soccer franchise to the Gateway City. The Post-Dispatch reports that a group of business and sports leaders expressed interesting in spearheading the effort to land an MLS team. The group includes: Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III, property owner Bob O’Loughlin, WorldWide Technology CEO…
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
