( KTRS ) Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a higher education budget that will result in a tuition freeze at public universities. Nixon approved the $1.3 billion spending plan Wednesday without vetoing any individual items. Public universities and colleges will see a $37 million boost to core funding. That amounts to a 4 percent increase.…
( KTRS ) Illinois business leaders say they want the state to invest more money in early education to meet the demands of a growing job market centered on math and science. Business leaders says they support Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s plan to increase preschool funding to about $393 million, an increase of $75 million from…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump’s rivals are running out of chances to stop him from clinching the GOP nomination by the end of the primaries. Trump won more than 90 percent of the delegates at stake in the five contests on Tuesday. If Trump wins the Indiana primary next week, he will have a majority…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate has passed a five-year extension to a package of tax incentives for small businesses. Senators voted 27-4 Monday to pass the legislation, known as the Big Government Get Off My Back Act. The House passed a version of the bill earlier this year. Businesses with fewer than…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois lawmakers are advancing proposals that would make feminine hygiene products and contraception more affordable for women. The Senate overwhelmingly approved a measure on Thursday that would exempt feminine hygiene products from the state sales tax. The plan heading to the House is a part of a national movement to eliminate…
( KTRS ) The University of Missouri is countersuing a law school professor who has asked a court to invalidate the university’s ban on firearms. Royce Barondes filed a lawsuit against the university in September, claiming the school’s rules violate his constitutional rights as well as state law. Since then, the university’s team of private…
( KTRS ) Election officials say an overworked staff, a tight timetable and technical glitches are to blame for the ballot shortage in several St. Louis County precincts. Directors of the St. Louis County Election Board Eric Fey and Gary Fuhr told lawmakers Wednesday two municipalities submitted their ballot information late, which led to problems…
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Donald Trump was showing off his knowledge of all things Pennsylvania during a Pittsburgh rally when he asked a baffling question – about Penn State’s famed football coach. “How’s Joe Paterno?” Trump asked supporters Wednesday night. “Are we gonna bring that back?” Paterno died in January 2012 just months after being dismissed…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House is advancing legislation to ban donation of fetal tissue from abortions. House members in a voice vote Tuesday gave the legislation initial approval. The bill was spurred by legislative investigations into abortion practices in the state following the release last year of undercover videos that anti-abortion activists…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Senate Democrats are stalling a Republican proposal to require a photo ID to vote in Missouri. Republicans tabled the legislation Monday after about two hours of debate but said they would bring it up again. A Democratic filibuster last week also halted debate on the bill. Democrats say requiring a photo…