PORT BYRON, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association says Gov. Bruce Rauner weakened Illinois’ job prospects by signing a nuclear-energy subsidy. Rauner signed the law Wednesday creating a plan to allow Exelon Corp. to keep two unprofitable nuclear plants open with $235 million a year from ratepayers. But he says it will save consumers…
HARTVILLE, Mo. (AP) – The state auditor says an audit shows new possible fraud by a former county collector who recently pleaded guilty to forgery. Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway said Wednesday in a release that the audit shows “new inappropriate and potentially fraudulent activities” by former Wright County Collector Cynthia Cottengim. Cottengim resigned in…
NEW YORK (AP) – New York City’s mayor and other Democratic officials say Congress is coming up far too short in proposing to reimburse the city $7 million for protecting Trump Tower. It’s a fifth of what New York requested. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that New York City taxpayers “should not be on…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas could host the nation’s next major fight over stricter requirements for immunizations as its rates of schoolchildren who refuse to get shots for non-medical reasons rises. The number of Texas kindergarten through 12th grade students who reported filing conscientious exemptions for at least one immunization last school year increased 19-fold…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – One day after Ferguson residents heard an update on racial reform efforts in their community, a federal judge got an update of her own. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry held a hearing Tuesday to hear about efforts to eliminate racial bias and create more diversity in the St. Louis suburb that…
( KTRS ) Police are looking for a missing teen that was last seen Nov. 29. 15 yr old Trinity Battig is described as 5′ 7″, with a light build, brown hair and brown eyes. She has pierced ears and may be wearing glasses. She was last seen in Barnhart, MO. According to the National…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois legislative leaders and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner are succeeding more at frustrating each other than at striking a deal to end an 18-month budget impasse that’s damaging the state’s fiscal health every day. The relationship between ruling Democrats, Republican leaders, and Rauner has only grown more toxic after several meetings in…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri chapter of the Delta Upsilon fraternity will be suspended until at least the fall of 2018 for repeatedly violating fraternity and university policy and state law. Delta Upsilon International announced the suspension Tuesday, citing incidents at three parties this semester. All operations of the Columbia chapter have…
( KTRS ) One man has been charged in connection with the armed robbery of the future First Lady of Missouri. St. Louis Police have charged 19-year-old Marquay Beard, with one count of tampering with a motor vehicle in connection with Tuesdays armed robbery of Sheena Greitens. Police say Greitens, wife of Governor-elect Eric Greitens,…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating after a couple was found stabbed to death in their home in Fenton. St. Louis County police say 65-year-old Michael, and 64-year-old Denise Oppermann may have died during a murder/suicide. Police were initially called to check on the well-being of the couple. When officers arrived they found all the…