RIDGEDALE, Mo. (AP) – Instead of panicking, Johnny Morris saw an adventure worth digging into when a massive sinkhole swallowed tons of earth at his exquisite golf course deep in the Missouri Ozarks. Experts urged the 68-year-old founder of outdoors megastore Bass Pro Shops to fill the 40-foot-deep hole at Top of the Rock Golf…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Legislature is sending a tax credit for cattle ranchers and slaughterhouses to the governor for approval. The measure passed Thursday would extend a current tax credit for cattle ranchers for five years while also raising the credit for cows heavier than 600 pounds. Bill sponsor Mike Parson said it…
( KTRS ) Missouri senators have voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a proposal to rein in the amount of money lawmakers aim to provide to K-12 schools. The bill would set a cap on what lawmakers consider adequate school funding, which is used as a goal during budgeting. Planned basic aid for…
( KTRS ) The University of Missouri will have the smallest class of new students this fall, since 2006. University officials says that as of last week, more than 4,700 students had paid a $300 enrollment deposit. That’s a more than 22 percent less then this year’s total of nearly 6,200 students. This fall’s enrollment…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Two-thirds of the Missouri House has voted to change how public union members pay dues, the first step to overriding a veto by Gov. Jay Nixon. The House voted 109-47 Wednesday for a bill requiring public employees to annually reauthorize paying their union dues through paycheck withholdings. The bill would…
St. Joseph, MO (AP) Efforts are underway to reopen the old Tarkio College in northwest Missouri as a two-year intuition. The institution ended its run as a four-year college in 1992, but alumni and volunteers from the surrounding community have banded together to breathe new life into the campus. Their proposal has been submitted to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers have approved the creation of a commission to review the University of Missouri System’s policies and administrative structure. The measure approved in the House on Tuesday follows months of legislative criticism over how the university handled protests over what some students saw as indifference to racism at the…
( KTRS ) The Missouri Legislature has voted to block a wage hike for home-care attendants. House members, on Tuesday, overwhelmingly voted to approve undoing Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto. By taking that action, lawmakers stopped a proposed Department of Health and Senior Services rule that would raise the hourly pay for home-care attendants by $1…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri students in private schools would be eligible for the state’s A+ Scholarship under a bill advancing in the Legislature. House members added the provision to legislation passed Monday that’s aimed at ensuring students who study abroad also are eligible for the scholarship. The scholarship now goes to students at participating…
( KTRS ) Some Missouri lawmakers want to protect lodging websites such as Airbnb from restrictive city ordinances. House members on Monday approved the legislation, which includes a laundry list of other provisions. The measure already passed the Senate, but will head back to that chamber because of amendments. The aim is to stop restrictions…