ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Midwest environmental group is questioning the ability of the country’s largest coal producer to guarantee it has enough money for future cleanup of its Illinois mines. State regulators allow St. Louis-based Peabody Energy to pledge it has adequate assets to pay for the estimated $92 million needed to reclaim three…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri system has announced more than $920,000 in spending on diversity efforts as it seeks to recover from racial unrest on its Columbia campus. The four-campus system also announced Wednesday that it is planning forums with finalists for the role of the first ever system-level chief diversity, equity…
Partial treatment could begin as soon as next month, but MSD officials say that is an optimistic estimate
The Columbia Missourian reports that the American Association of University Professors sent a letter Tuesday to the Columbia campus’ interim chancellor, Hank Foley
A measure to transfer the clean up of the West Lake Landfill to the Army Corp of Engineers is moving forward. On Monday the U.S. Senate passed Senate Bill 2306. The EPA has overseen the landfill since the 1990’s, but has yet to act on the clean up. Senator Roy Blunt, who co-sponsored the legislation…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Ferguson residents are voicing their concerns over the tentative agreement with the Department of Justice. The first of three public meetings was held Tuesday night to gather public feedback on the issue. It was standing room only, with many left waiting outside as the council chambers quickly filled to capacity. Several residents expressed…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and other city leaders want Missouri lawmakers to support plans to keep a federal spy agency from moving its regional headquarters to southern Illinois. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (bit.ly/1SWvVhT ) reports that Slay was among those testifying Tuesday before a Missouri Senate panel considering a…
( KTRS ) Missouri’s economic development director has signed a $750 million export agreement with the country of Colombia. Under the deal, Missouri and Colombia agree to trade a combined $750 million worth of goods in the next five years. Gov. Nixon, Economic Development Director Mike Downing and other Missouri officials on the South America…
