Season’s final meeting of aldermen leaves some ideas high and dry
CITY HALL – With the end of the 2020-2021 session of the Board of Aldermen, a dozen ideas that didn’t…
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Missouri pre-K programs meet high standards but serve few, study finds
Missouri’s state-funded preschool programs met quality benchmarks but have room to grow to serve a wider swath of children, according…
Four incoming aldermen share progressive goals, without the label
CITY HALL – The common thinking is that the four newly elected members of the Board of Aldermen are progressives.…
Missouri schools bill sparks debate over segregation, consolidation
As bills expanding charter schools and creating new scholarship accounts for private school tuition make their way through the process,…
As America embraces early voting, GOP hurries to restrict it
Nearly seven of every 10 voters cast their ballots before Election Day in 2020. Republicans are moving to make it…
Kicking the Medicaid can down the road yet again
The Missouri House refusal to fund voter-approved Medicaid expansion reminded me of a long Missouri legislative tactic of “kicking the can down…
State legislator fights move to share public school busing funds with charter schools
JEFFERSON CITY – State Rep. Marlon Anderson says an attempt to fix an equity issue for predominantly black areas such as his…
Potential Missouri Senate candidate plans fundraiser at Trump resort
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., is holding a fundraiser at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida later this…
Missouri to begin $5M COVID-19 vaccination campaign
Missouri is preparing to launch a $5 million ad campaign to urge residents to get the coronavirus vaccine as appointment…
Senators grill Missouri labor director over unemployment debt actions
An angry Senate committee on Thursday dressed down the director of Missouri’s Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for aggressive…
Jones appoints ex-police chief Isom as interim public safety director
CITY HALL – Mayor-elect Tishaura Jones hopes two appointees to leadership posts in the Department of Public Safety will help…
Jaco: Rural Missouri GOP’s race and class war against St. Louis
Rural and white-flight exurban Missouri GOP lawmakers in Jefferson City couldn’t say “ni**er,” “fa**ot,” “k*ke,” “”sp*c,” “g**k,” “r*ghead” or “ni**er-lover”…
Missouri House backs easing access to HIV prevention drugs
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A bill that would make it easier to obtain drugs to prevent HIV infection won easy…
Missouri on hook for legal fees for violating Sunshine Law
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is on the hook for nearly $138,000 in legal fees and expenses after an…
Tax return deadline looms – next month
April 15 has long loomed as a deadline for filing tax returns for both the IRS and Missouri. But this…
Push to ban LGBTQ discrimination failed in Missouri Senate; advocates fight on
Missouri Sen. Greg Razer hadn’t planned to speak on an amendment that purported to prevent discrimination based on a person’s…