JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s unemployment rate has fallen again to its lowest point since 2001. The state Department of Economic Development said Tuesday that Missouri’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in January. That’s down one-tenth of a percentage point from December 2015 and is its lowest mark since June 2001. Missouri’s…
NEW YORK (KTRS/AP) — Sports Authority has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The retailer said Wednesday that it plans to close or sell about 140 stores and two distribution centers, in Denver and Chicago. The Englewood, Colorado, company has 463 stores in 41 states and Puerto Rico. The store closings are expected to take…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis County has become the first jurisdiction in Missouri to adopt a program for monitoring the sale of prescription drugs, including opioids that can sometimes cause addictions and lead to heroin abuse. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the county council voted unanimously Tuesday to enact the program. The vote…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is heading to Panama for a trade mission. Nixon is set to arrive in Panama City on Wednesday in an effort to boost exports and attract investments in Missouri. Nixon’s entourage includes First Lady Georganne Nixon and the state’s economic development and agriculture department directors. Nixon will meet…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Billy Busch is determined to keep Grant’s Farm in the family. Busch delivered a business plan to his siblings, which outlines that he can make his ownership sustainable. Busch says the business model contains three phases: Phase 1: Maintain and bring back Grant’s Farm to his father’s standards. Phase 2: Add…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate has approved legislation that would require public employees’ annual, written permission for unions to withhold dues from their paychecks. Senators debated the measure for about seven hours Tuesday before passing it 23-7 shortly before midnight. That vote total is enough to override a gubernatorial veto. Gov. Jay…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri House panel has decided against a small cut to the University of Missouri-Columbia but refused to undo a $7.6 million cut for system administrators. The House Budget Committee voted Tuesday to restore roughly $400,000 in cuts to the Columbia campus that would have equaled the salaries of several…
( KTRS ) A Belleville woman who pleaded guilty to fraud charges for lying about a terminal ovarian cancer diagnosis has been sentenced to three years in prison. Alissa Jackson, 32, was charged in June 2014 with bilking thousands of dollars in donations, free food and a donated minivan from hundreds of people on behalf…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois medical marijuana shops had their best month yet in February with nearly $1.5 million in sales, bringing total retail sales to more than $4.4 million since the program began Nov. 9. Program director Joseph Wright announced Tuesday that registered dispensaries served 3,042 unique patients during February. Two new dispensaries joined the…
( KTRS ) Missouri lawmakers are grappling with how to address questions of racial bias in policing and how to manage body camera footage. A Senate panel heard two proposals Tuesday to establish more rigorous reporting requirements for police encounters. Democratic Sen. Jamilah Nasheed said the bills would help restore trust in law enforcement. Sheldon Lineback…