COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Officials in southwestern Illinois are putting more money into a bid to make an ancient historic site a national park. The Cahokia Mounds is the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. Archeologists say it was home to as many as 20,000 people in its heyday around 1100 A.D. The Bellville News-Democrat reports…
( KTRS ) The flow of cash to several state health services will stop this week if Illinois enters a second straight year without a budget. Not approving a spending plan by Friday could also mean schools won’t know whether they’ll stay open through the year, and vendors that have provided services without payments could file lawsuits to…
CHICAGO (AP) – A Cook County judge has ordered Illinois to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of diseases eligible for medical marijuana treatment in a case filed by a military veteran. Judge Neil Cohen on Tuesday ordered the Department of Public Health’s director to add PTSD within 30 days. The sternly worded ruling says…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Jay Nixon says he likely will freeze tens of millions of dollars of spending in Missouri’s new budget. Missouri’s roughly $27 billion operating budget for the 2017 fiscal year is to take effect Friday. Nixon said Tuesday that he wants to analyze the final revenue figures for the current fiscal…
The bill also says teachers must receive two hours of training on methods to address dyslexia
(KTRS) – A new audit from Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway finds that the town of Pine Lawn may owe the state hundreds of thousands of dollars. Galloway also lowered Pine Lawn’s rating to poor–the lowest possible rating. The report states that Pine Lawn officials incorrectly calculated the amount of money owed to the Departments of…
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St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The VP Parade will return to downtown St. Louis this year. VP Grand Marshall Jim Hetlage made that announcement during a Tuesday morning news conference at the VP Parade headquarters, also called “the Den”. Fair St. Louis will remain at Forest Park this year. “We have two wonderful events, two wonderful…
City officials say they’ve received a mostly favorable response from the public on the ban
