Eight Missouri cities join in worldwide marches against gun violence in schools
More than 800 marches tomorrow across the country and world, including eight in Missouri, will rally against gun violence in schools. Kim Westerman with the St. Louis chapter of Moms Demand Action for...
View ArticleSouthwest Missouri “March For Our Lives” draws thousands
Over 800 cities participated across the nation with at least seven scheduled for Missouri. Thousands “marched for their lives” at Park Central Square in Springfield Saturday. Emotions were high at the...
View ArticleTwo students create rare achievement for mid-Missouri town by getting perfect...
The odds of getting a perfect ACT score are low. Mark Ficken, superintendent of Boonville R-1 school district in mid-Missouri, says two of his high school students have beat the odds. Senior Kyle...
View ArticleMissouri legislator wants accused rapists to lose parental rights but still...
Missouri could become the fifth state in the nation to have accused rapists lose parental rights of their children born from alleged rape and still require them to pay child support. A state House...
View ArticleMissouri Rep. wants to make it a felony to take minors out of state for...
The GOP-dominated legislature is being asked to strengthen the penalty against those who drive a minor to another state to get an abortion without permission from a parent or guardian. A Missouri House...
View ArticleMissouri AG Hawley launches investigation into St. Louis Clinton-Peabody...
Allegations of mice, roaches and backed up sewage have prompted Missouri’s Attorney General to launch an investigation into the conditions at the sprawling Clinton-Peabody public housing complex in St....
View ArticleAfter clearing the Missouri House, bill prohibiting cash withdrawals of...
A proposal in the Missouri Senate that has already passed the House would prohibit welfare recipients from cashing out benefits at ATM machines. The measure from Republican Representative J. Eggleston...
View ArticleMissouri Senator McCaskill to tour Clinton-Peabody on Saturday
A key state senator has announced that Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill (D) will tour the Clinton-Peabody public housing complex in St. Louis on Saturday. State Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, has...
View ArticleFour children die in Lake of the Ozarks house fire
Four brothers and two pets have died in a Lake of the Ozarks house fire this morning. One of the boys – a fourteen-year-old – was in charge of watching his siblings, who were 8, 5 and 4 years old. A...
View ArticleLt. Governor tells FFA students more farmers should serve in Missouri...
Lt. Governor Mike Parson, R, wants Missouri’s youth in agriculture to consider a future in public service. Parson, who served as a keynote speaker Thursday night at the state FFA Convention in...
View ArticleMissouri Legislature is asked to recognize pornography as a public health risk
A Columbia man says his pornography addiction led him to become suicidal in 1992. Art Dyer, a chaplain at the MU Health Center in Columbia, says he supports a proposed Missouri Senate resolution that...
View ArticleThousands of Missourians expected to participate in Saturday’s national drug...
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) says Saturday’s national drug take back day is an opportunity for you to clean out your medicine cabinet and get rid of old medicines. “We...
View ArticleMissouri woman accused of suffocating her infant daughter
A woman from northern Missouri’s Rothville has been charged with first degree murder, accused of killing her infant child in March. Missourinet Marshall affiliate KMMO (FM 102.9) reports 19-year-old...
View ArticleOne-year anniversary for St. Louis County PDMP
(This story is written by Missourinet St. Louis contributor Jill Enders) CLAYTON- St. Louis County’s prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) is marking its one year anniversary. St. Louis County...
View ArticleFitzpatrick: “There’s plenty of room for compromise” on the Missouri budget
The Missouri House and Senate have both approved approximately $28 billion state operating budgets, and the budget is expected to head to a conference committee in Jefferson City soon. House Budget...
View ArticleMissouri budget negotiators make recommendations on education and state...
Missouri House and Senate budget negotiators made key recommendations in Jefferson City on Monday, in their first day of meetings to resolve differences in $28 billion operating budgets approved by...
View ArticleUM System President pleased with Missouri budget recommendations (AUDIO)
The UM System President is praising a budget plan approved by Missouri House and Senate negotiators this week, saying it will have a major impact on health care in the Show-Me State. Dr. Mun Choi...
View ArticleMissouri House budget debate has gotten heated at times
The Missouri House is currently debating proposed changes in Jefferson City in Missouri’s $28 billion state operating budget. The Missouri Conference Committee on Budget made numerous recommendations...
View ArticleMissouri House gives final budget approval; Bourbon virus controversy...
The Missouri House voted Wednesday in Jefferson City to give final approval to a $28 billion state operating budget that includes what supporters say is record funding for the K-12 education foundation...
View ArticleMissouri House Speaker and Budget Chairman praise $28 billion budget
The Missouri House Budget Committee Chairman says the $28 billion budget approved by the House this week contains record funding for the K-12 education foundation formula. State Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick,...
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