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
Proponents of the law are seeking its permanent extension, but some Republicans have opposed that, saying they want a chance to periodically review it and make sure it’s operating soundly
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) More contamination from Coldwater Creek is being reported. The Army Corps of Engineers has discovered three more residential properties and four commercial properties near the creek with radioactive contamination. This comes on the heels of the corps finding contamination on other residential property near the creek over the summer. Nuclear processing…
