JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Senate budget writers have agreed to boost Missouri’s higher education spending, but the panel still is deliberating over budget cuts targeting the University of Missouri. Senate Appropriations Chairman Kurt Schaefer said Tuesday that providing a $55 million increase in core funding for colleges and universities would ensure students don’t pay…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican Missouri lawmakers are pushing measures opponents say will ban abortions, as well as fetal-tissue donation from those procedures. A House committee heard testimony Tuesday on the proposals but didn’t vote. Rep. Mike Moon’s proposal would ask voters to decide whether to add “unborn human children at every stage of…
(KTRS) – Governor Jay Nixon is celebrating the decision of an animal health company to expand operations in Missouri. The Governor announced that Virbac, a leading developer, manufacturer, and distributor of animal health products will hire 144 people for high-paying jobs in Bridgeton. Nixon said Missouri’s highly-educated workforce helped Virbac make the decision.
(KTRS/AP) – Police in Wentzville say a man found dead after a house fire may have had self-inflicted wounds. The Major Case Squad was called in to help investigate the death of 26-year-old Ruben Martinez. His body was found around 1:30 a.m. on Easter Sunday. Now the Major Case Squad is off the case after…
