(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A teachers’ union is suggesting a plan for Missouri education officials considering how to address struggling school districts. Missouri chapters of the American Federation of… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
1,054 Missouri wrecks over 2 days this week
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Winter storms usually cause a spike in wrecks, but the Missouri State Highway Patrol on Friday raised concerns about the massive number of… Read more »
Mo. lawmaker seeks to impeach Gov. Nixon
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri House Republican wants to impeach Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon over his order that the state accept joint tax returns from legally married same-sex… Read more »
Mo. House won’t follow Nixon’s budget plan
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led House is starting its budget-writing process from scratch, scrapping the recommendations of Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. House Budget Committee… Read more »
Report: Utility violated rules before KC Plaza blast
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gas Energy failed to take “prompt and adequate” steps to ensure safety the day of a fatal restaurant explosion in Kansas City, according to… Read more »
Recent snow could cause longer Mo. school year
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s education department says the latest in a series of winter storms could cause school districts to extend classes into the summer. Department of Elementary… Read more »
State senate defeats Medicaid expansion
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Republican senators resoundingly rejected a plan Wednesday to expand Medicaid coverage to several hundred thousand lower-income adults as they began debate… Read more »
Panel OKs proposal over Nixon’s budget power
By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri lawmakers moved forward Tuesday with a constitutional amendment that would allow the Legislature to block spending cuts enacted by the governor…. Read more »
Mo. House mulls one-cent transportation tax
By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s top transportation official warned a House committee Tuesday that the failure to pass a penny increase in the state’s sales tax… Read more »
Southwest jet gets stuck in snow at KCI
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Southwest Airlines jet arriving from Denver got stuck in a snow bank at Kansas City International Airport. Airline officials say the Boeing 737, with… Read more »