FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – Ferguson’s leadership has changed drastically since the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown put the St. Louis suburb at the center of the debate over the treatment of blacks by the nation’s police forces. The one constant has been Mayor James Knowles III, who is asking voters for another three years on…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Eric Greitens is tapping the Illinois Department of Labor director to head Missouri’s labor agency. The Republican on Thursday announced his pick of Anna Hui to oversee labor issues and workers’ rights in Missouri. She served as assistant labor director in Illinois until Gov. Bruce Rauner in February picked…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican-led House has squashed an attempt by Democrats to expand Medicaid eligibility. Members voted 102-41 against a proposal by Columbia Democratic Rep. Kip Kendrick to broaden eligibility under former President Barack Obama’s federal health care law. Kendrick tried to add the proposal to a Republican-sponsored bill that’s advancing to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – House members are advancing a bill to make Missouri the last state to adopt a database to track addictive prescription drugs but the measure still has a long way to go. The bill received initial approval in a Wednesday voice vote. It needs another vote before it can move to…
Spur, Texas (KTRS) Two storm chasers from Missouri are among three killed in vehicle accident during a storm in West Texas. Authorities say the three were pursuing a tornado Tuesday afternoon when their vehicles collided into each other. Two of the victims have been identified as 57-year-old Gene Williamson and 55-year-old Randall Delane Yarnall, both…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri appeals court panel says utility regulators had no authority to grant conditional approval for a high-voltage power line across northeastern Missouri. The ruling Tuesday overturns an April 2016 decision by the Missouri Public Service Commission, which approved the line on the condition that an Ameren Corp. subsidiary later…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican-led House has endorsed a bill to repeal the state’s “prevailing wage” requirements for public construction projects. The 93-60 vote Tuesday is part of a Republican push to revamp the state’s labor laws by limiting union powers. Missouri law currently requires governmental entities such as cities and school districts…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Unemployment in Missouri has dropped again. Data released Tuesday by the Missouri Department of Economic Development show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged down to 4.1 percent in February compared to 4.2 percent in January. The unemployment rate has fallen slightly in Missouri each of the past six months. The…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A new report shows that withheld funding and lack of follow-through effectively killed a program aimed at allowing Missouri residents receiving child support to accept wage hikes without losing state assistance. The Springfield News-Leader reports the Hand-up Program was approved in 2012 to help lessen the so-called cliff effect of…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis childhood home of late poet Maya Angelou is up for sale. With a listed price of $159,000, the 1,100-square-foot place at 3130 Hickory St. was Angelou’s home for her first three years and, after her death in 2014 at the age of 86, was given local landmark status.…