( KTRS ) Missouri could soon pay testing fees for residents taking a high school equivalency test, for the first time, under a proposal that has won initial approval in the state Senate. It needs another vote before going to the House, which passed similar legislation last month. The measure would cover students regardless of…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The state Senate has passed a mid-year spending increase to Missouri’s $26 billion budget. Senators voted 31-0 Tuesday to pass a budget supplement of $466 million in state and federal money, which largely reflects higher health care costs than officials estimated last year. Higher drug prices have been the biggest…
( KTRS ) Police have arrested a man they say shot a 16 yr old girl on April 6th during a drug deal. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office issued arrest warrants for 19 yr old Eric Mckinney Jr. He faces first degree assault and armed criminal actions charges. Police say that the teen…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois House Democrats advanced a $3.9 billion measure to fund colleges and human services programs while the state operates without a budget. Republicans say the plan headed to the Senate is a hoax and that there’s no money for it. In remarks before the vote Tuesday, House Speaker Michael Madigan blamed…
(KTRS) – A Dupo, Illinois woman is accused of suffocating her daughter one day before her fifth birthday. Prosecutors say that Mary Lockett killed her daughter, Emily Perrin, last weekend. She is facing first-degree murder charges.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri House committee has approved a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would declare a right to life for unborn children “at every stage of biological development.” The amendment approved Tuesday does not include any exceptions in cases of rape, incest or to save the mother’s life. The…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri department tasked with cleaning, maintaining and fixing buildings on the Columbia campus is eliminating 50 jobs. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the move involving MU Operations comes a month after university administrators announced they were cutting spending by 5 percent and putting a hiring freeze in…
(KTRS) – Missouri lawmakers finish their legislative session May 13 and some worry that there is not enough time to pass meaningful ethics reforms. The Post-Dispatch reports that four ethics proposals are working through the Legislature now. The pending plans range from limiting lawmakers ability to invest after leaving office to forcing lawmakers to wait…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois health officials have proposed new rules requiring parents who oppose vaccinating their children based on religious reasons to provide a special document to schools and child care facilities each year. The Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises newspapers reports that the Illinois Department of Public Health proposal is in response to…
Springfield, IL (KTRS) – Illinois health officials are proposing new rules requiring parents who oppose vaccinating their children based on religious reasons to provide a special document to schools and child care facilities each year. The Illinois Department of Public Health’s proposal is in response to a law approved last year. The law created a…