( KTRS ) Illinois legislative leaders say they made minor progress during a meeting on the state budget stalemate, including agreeing to try again to overhaul state pensions. Gov. Bruce Rauner, GOP leaders Sen. Christine Radogno and Rep. Jim Durkin along with House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton met Tuesday. It was the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Attorneys for two Missouri death row inmates are suggesting reviving the gas chamber as an alternative method of execution. The inmates, Russell Bucklew and Ernest L. Johnson, argue in court appeals that medical conditions they suffer from would cause painful reactions to the chemicals used in lethal injections. The Kansas…
(KTRS) – Express Scripts unveiled a plan they think can help tiny startups develop the next big idea in health care. The Post-Dispatch reports that the St. Louis-based company will set aside $25 million as part of a multiyear deal with a local venture capital firm. This is unique for the company, the paper says…
On the 35th Anniversary of John Lennon’s death, the Carney Show flashes back to his conversation with Yoko Ono.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) – A southeast Missouri man who killed his estranged wife and buried her body on a Mississippi River island has been transferred from a federal prison in Florida to the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections. Missouri Department of Corrections spokesman David Owen says Waller is imprisoned at the state…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A University of Missouri task force is recommending two options for graduate student employees’ health insurance premiums. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the options are creating a fellowship or increasing stipends. Health insurance became an issue after the university gave graduate assistants 24-hour notice in August that they would no…
BALTIMORE (AP) – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says the level of poverty and run-down housing in Baltimore is “stunning.” He’s taking his presidential campaign to the heart of the city’s riots last spring. The Democratic candidate was touring the neighborhood of Freddie Gray, who died last spring of a spinal injury he suffered while in…
Under the legislation, the federal government would no longer be able to tell states and local districts how to judge the performance of schools and teachers
