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…
*|MC:SUBJECT|* April 2016 KTRS Newsletter View this email in your browser Share Tweet Share Forward Program Notes: Saint Louis FC 2016 Season All home games can once again be heard at the Big 550 KTRS Home Opener is set for April 16 vs Tulsa Roughnecks at World Wide Technology Soccer Park Pregame action begins at 6:00pm…
[vc_text_titles title=”ThurtenE Carnival” title_type=”h1″ page_title_type=”v1″ title_align=”center”][vc_text_titles title=”April 15-17 ” title_type=”h1″ page_title_type=”v1″ title_align=”center”] This weekend, April 15-17 at Washington University, check out the annual ThurtenE Carnival, the oldest and largest student-run carnival in the nation. There will be exciting rides, delicious food, and amazing performances from talented members of the St. Louis community. At http://www.thurtene.org/shop/, check…
( KTRS ) The public has a chance to give Missouri lawmakers feedback on a proposed constitutional amendment to protect some businesses that object to same-sex marriage. The Missouri House Emerging Issues Committee is set to hear testimony on the measure after the House breaks for the evening, later today. The hearing is the first…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A federal study recommending that a U.S. spy agency remain in St. Louis rather than move to Illinois contains geographical errors that officials in the losing state hope will bolster their efforts to win the $1.6 billion project. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has preliminarily selected a blighted section of north St.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri would legalize the growing of industrial hemp as a raw material for manufacturing under a measure advancing in the Legislature. The House on Monday voted 123-29 to pass the legislation and send it to the Senate. The bill would legalize and regulate the cultivation of hemp, which contains very…
( KTRS ) State senators have trimmed about $28 million of Medicaid spending from a mid-year increase to Missouri’s budget. Most of the nearly $500 million supplemental budget would still go to health care for people with low incomes. The adjustment to Missouri’s current $26 billion budget reflects higher health care costs than officials estimated…
CHICAGO (AP) – Rank-and-file Illinois lawmakers frustrated by the 10-month state budget impasse are meeting on their own in bipartisan groups to discuss potential solutions. Some of those legislators spoke Monday in Chicago during a forum on the budget hosted by The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform. State Reps. William Davis, a Homewood Democrat, and…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Senate Democrats are stalling a Republican proposal to require a photo ID to vote in Missouri. Republicans tabled the legislation Monday after about two hours of debate but said they would bring it up again. A Democratic filibuster last week also halted debate on the bill. Democrats say requiring a photo…
