COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Two dozen black protesters twice interrupted a meeting of the University of Missouri system’s governing board to read a list of demands for improvements in diversity. The demonstrators on Thursday stood side-by-side, their arms locked, outside a room on the Columbia campus when the Board of Curators were starting a finance…
Mount Vernon, IL (KTRS) A Mount Vernon math teacher faces felony charges after police in southern Illinois say he used an anonymous social media app to arrange a sexual encounter with an eighth-grader. Kevin Battas, 25, was charged Wednesday in Madison County with grooming and indecent solicitation of a child using the Internet. Troy police say…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Democratic governor is pledging to circumvent the Republican-led Legislature if needed to fill vacancies on the board overseeing the state’s flagship university. Gov. Jay Nixon’s announcement Thursday further escalated the tensions of legislators already frustrated about the handling of racial issues that culminated in the resignations of the system president…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri and Peru have agreed to trade $300 million worth of products over the next four years. Economic Development Director Mike Downing signed the pact Thursday with an official from Peru’s export and trade promotion board. The agreement comes two days after Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced a $750 million…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A state Senate committee is considering three bills that would update Missouri’s deadly force laws. The News Tribune reports that the three bills presented to the Judiciary and Criminal and Civil Jurisprudence Committee on Tuesday have slightly different approaches to the issue. Bill supporters say the current state law is…
(KTRS) – The top GOP lawmakers in Missouri are pushing a plan they say would fix the state’s roads and bridges without raising taxes. The Republicans say that instead of raising the fuel tax, they could rely on savings from changes to social welfare plans. The savings are estimated to be $1 to $2 billion over…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Agents with the Missouri Department of Conservation are investigating the shooting deaths of two bald eagles over the span of less than a week. Both eagles were found dead in southeast Missouri late last month. Conservation agents say both were likely less than 4 years old. Bald eagles are the national…
The proposal would also prohibit supervisors from suggesting their subordinates issue more tickets
Holden will be among 18 recently appointed executive committee members from across Missouri
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan is forming a legislative panel to discuss changes to how Illinois funds its schools. Madigan says the bipartisan Education Funding Task Force will meet through the spring to craft legislation designed to ensure schools are funded equitably throughout the state. He made the announcement Tuesday. The…