COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A leading bond-rating company is downgrading the outlook of the University of Missouri System’s credit rating. Standard & Poor’s announced Monday that the outlook of the four-campus system’s AA+ credit rating has dipped from stable to negative. The agency says in a report that maintaining the current rating on the system’s…
( KTRS ) We may only be in the second month of the year, but St. Louis’ official homicide number has already reached fifteen. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Departments homicide statistics, released Tuesday, show there have already been six in the central patrol area and nine in the North Patrol area. All victims are…
CHICAGO (AP) – Comptroller Leslie Munger says Illinois is on track to fall $6.2 billion further into debt amid ongoing state budget gridlock. Munger said Tuesday that spending will outpace last year’s rates by $1.2 billion, and factored in a $5 billion revenue drop from the rolled back temporary income tax increase. Illinois has entered…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than $6 million in grants to help nearly 1,000 Missourians whose homes were damaged by the winter flood. FEMA said Tuesday that the disaster grants will help pay for home repairs, temporary rental assistance and other needs stemming from the flooding in eastern…
CHICAGO (AP) – Medical marijuana sales in Illinois picked up in January as more dispensaries opened around the state. Program director Joseph Wright announced Tuesday that patients legally purchased more than $1.2 million in marijuana last month. Seven new dispensaries joined the program, bringing the total to 28 shops as of Tuesday. Wright says retailers…
The drop is despite commemorations of the 150th anniversaries of the end of the Civil War and the 16th president’s death
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A lawsuit is challenging St. Louis’ payroll tax paid by employers. General Marine Services and attorney and financial adviser Thomas Joseph Neuner claim in their lawsuit filed on Monday, that the half-percent tax was never authorized by the Missouri Legislature. The legal action also alleges the city has no power to…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Anyone under 18 who’s caught with electronic cigarettes or other tobacco-free nicotine products would face a fine or community service under a new Illinois law. Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation last week that imposes penalties for minors who possess e-cigarettes. State Sen. Julie Morrison sponsored the measure. The Deerfield Democrat says…
