Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Missouri is now a right to work state. Governor Eric Greitens signed the legislation on Monday morning that bans mandatory union fees. The governor had pledged to sign right to work while on the campaign trail. He and other supporters say it will bring business and jobs to the state. Opponents…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Washington University has lifted its suspension of the men’s soccer team after concluding the squad didn’t violate the school’s sexual harassment policy. The men’s team was suspended in December for what the university said were sexually explicit comments and other inappropriate behavior toward the women’s team. Details haven’t been revealed, but…
( KTRS ) Authorities in North St. Louis County are investigating after two pedestrians were struck. Police say the two were struck just 8pm Sunday night near the intersection of Shepley and Balmoral. Investigators believe this incident was intentional but have not released any information on the suspect or vehicle involved. At this time the…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has hired former state Comptroller Leslie Munger to serve as a deputy governor. In a statement released first to The Associated Press on Friday, Rauner says Munger will focus on long-term budgeting and work with human services organizations hit hard by the state budget impasse. Rauner appointed Munger…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Ferguson, Missouri, has dropped its appeal of a federal jury’s $3 million award to survivors of a naked, unarmed man who died after a police officer repeatedly shocked him with a stun gun and will pay the money. A federal judge in St. Louis on Wednesday deferred his approval of the…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating a Sunday night shooting in Dutchtown. Authorities report that a male victim was shot in the abdomen in 3400 block of Dunnica just after 8pm last night. Upon arrival officers found the victim conscious and breathing. The suspected shooter is said to be a black male wearing all black…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – About one-fourth of all people receiving in-home care services through Missouri Medicaid could be dropped from the program under a budget plan by Gov. Eric Greitens. The proposed eligibility changes were included as a cost-cutting measure in the $27.6 billion budget that Greitens released Thursday. The state budget office said…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is looking for organizations throughout the state to help feed thousands of children during the summer months. The Summer Food Services Program provides nutritious meals to children under age 18 during the summer months when school breakfast and lunch programs are not…
Columbia, MO. (KTRS) – The University of Missouri Board of Curators has more vacancies to fill after Governor Eric Greitens withdrew the nomination of two of former Governor Jay Nixon’s appointees. Greitens on Tuesday withdrew the nominations of Patrick Graham and Jon Sunvold. Last month, two other Nixon appointees, Tom Voss and Mary Nelson, resigned.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers have sent the state’s new Republican governor a bill that would ban mandatory union fees. House members on Thursday took a final vote on the so-called right-to-work bill. Gov. Eric Greitens has promised to sign the bill. His Democratic predecessor, Gov. Jay Nixon, vetoed right to work in…