(KTRS) – Missouri lawmakers are renewing calls for the University of Missouri to fire assistant professor Melissa Click. The Post-Dispatch reports that Senator Kurt Schaefer said a recent video showing Click confronting officers, demonstrates that she is “unstable”. He continued, saying that the university has more than enough reason to fire her. As far as…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis County police officers will soon carry the heroin antidote Narcan. Training for use of the antidote is scheduled to start Thursday, soon after a news conference detailing the plan. The department says all commissioned police personnel will be trained in use of the medication, and it will be available…
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – The University of Illinois has confirmed reports that Josh Whitman will be its new athletic director. In a statement Wednesday interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson praised the leadership and accomplishments of the 37-year-old Whitman. Whitman called the job a dream come true. Whitman has been the athletic director at Division III Washington…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House is advancing a bill to require annual written authorization from public employee union members before paying union dues. The measure endorsed in a voice vote Wednesday would require similar approval for unions to spend worker fees on political activities. Lawmakers exempted unions representing first responders, such as police…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Senate President John Cullerton says Gov. Bruce Rauner’s “sketch” of a budget proposal Wednesday is more than $3 billion short of necessary revenue. The Chicago Democrat says that doesn’t count the deficit the state is building in the current year because lawmakers and the Republican governor never approved a budget last…
( KTRS ) Michael Brown’s family is urging Missouri lawmakers to overcome politics and pass a law requiring police to wear body cameras. Leslie McSpadden, Brown’s mother, told a Senate panel Wednesday that body cameras are only one piece of police reform, but would help restore trust. The bill would require police in Missouri’s largest cities…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – University of Missouri System Interim President Mike Middleton is asking lawmakers for time to enact changes following a tumultuous fall at the Columbia campus. Middleton told state lawmakers during a Wednesday hearing that the university is working to address concerns raised after turmoil. Middleton, the interim chancellor of the Columbia…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – House Speaker Michael Madigan has rejected Gov. Bruce Rauner’s idea to give the Republican executive sole budget-cutting authority. The Chicago Democrat says Rauner’s conservative agenda is too “extreme” to trust him with that power. Lawmakers gave similar authority in the past to former Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn. Madigan favors Rauner’s idea…
Gosen is the third lawmaker to resign under pressure in the past year
St. Louis, MO (AP) Â The St. Louis Rams are gone, and the stadium where they played might soon be a thing of the past, too. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports one option being considered for renovation of the city’s convention center is tearing down the Edward Jones Dome, home to the Rams from 1995, their…