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Mo. higher education board suspends leader search
(03/19/10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri Coordinating Board of Higher Education has suspended its search for a new commissioner until more is known about the agency's future. Commissioner of Higher Education Robert Stein has announced he will retire in July...
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Missouri S&T set to build Rolla research park
(03/19/10) ROLLA, Mo. (AP) -- The University of Missouri's science-driven campus in Rolla is about to begin construction of its own research park. Innovation Park will be located on the southwest corner of the Missouri University of Science and Technology campus. Construction of the first building will begin later this month on what's now part of a driving range at the school's golf course...
Mo. Senate approves ban on texting while driving, autism coverage
(03/19/10) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Drivers of all ages would be barred from texting while driving under a bill approved by the Missouri Senate. It's already illegal in Missouri for drivers 21 and younger to read, write or send text messages while operating a vehicle...
Worry of river flooding in Missouri eases for now
(03/18/10) ST. LOUIS -- Concerns of early spring flooding in Missouri eased Wednesday as the Mississippi River crested north of St. Louis and the Missouri River began to fall, but forecasters said the risk of flooding remains high. Above-normal temperatures have been quickly melting snow in the Upper Midwest and swelling rivers, while cool and damp weather in Missouri has kept the state's soil saturated and unable to absorb more moisture. ...
Mo. lawmakers consider cutting their own budgets
(03/18/10) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers who are considering whether to lay off state workers, eliminate state programs and combine state agencies to close huge budget deficits have proposed some pain for themselves by giving up their coffee and cell phones while traveling less...
Mo. House rejects school funding formula changes
(03/17/10) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri House has rejected an effort by rural lawmakers to change which school districts would bear the brunt of cuts in state aid. Missouri distributes money to districts according to a formula. About 150 school districts are carved out of the formula because it would cause them to lose state aid...
Mo. police to check teen seat belt use
(03/17/10) CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) -- Police in St. Louis County and throughout Missouri plan to crack down on teen drivers who don't wear seat belts. "Operation Safe Teen" is aimed at getting the attention of seat belt law violators and reducing highway fatalities...
Mo. university presidents to discuss financial aid
(03/16/10) COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Public and private university presidents were gathering in Columbia on Tuesday amid contentious talk in Missouri's Capitol about how best to distribute financial aid. University of Missouri system president Gary Forsee planned to host nine counterparts, including Missouri State president Mike Nietzel and three community college leaders...
String noose at KC area high school brings outrage
(03/15/10) PECULIAR, Mo. (AP) -- The American Civil Liberties Union says a suburban Kansas City superintendent missed the point with the remarks he made after two white students gave a black student a noose made out of string. Raymore-Peculiar school district Superintendent Jeff Kyle told KCTV that it would be hard to hurt anybody with the string noose and that it didn't fit his image of a large piece of rope used to hang outlaws in the Old West...
Mo. lawyers' group accused of violating ethics
(03/14/10) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The leader of a group that supports the direct election of judges has filed an ethics complaint against the Missouri Bar. James Harris of ShowMe Better Courts filed the complaint Friday. The complaint alleges the state-created association violated the law by opposing the judicial selection initiative of ShowMe Better Courts... 
Nixon cuts $126M in spending, proposes more
(03/12/10)JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon cut nearly $126 million in spending Thursday and proposed to dig even deeper by eliminating 1,000 state jobs, half the state's primary vehicle fleet and all state scholarships for students at private colleges...
Mo. higher ed commissioner endorses agency merger
(03/12/10) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri's higher education commissioner is endorsing Gov. Jay Nixon's proposal to merge the state's two education agencies. Nixon wants to combine the Department of Higher Education and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...
Massive school closures in KC to be done by fall
(03/11/10) KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Kansas City school officials promised Thursday to shut down nearly half the district's schools by the start of classes in the fall without offering details of how they intend to implement the complicated plan in just a matter of months.
Washington U. to expand data center for genomics
(03/11/10) ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A $14.3 million federal grant will help Washington University in St. Louis expand a data center used to identify the genetic origins of cancer. The university says the project is expected to speed up the pace of genomics-based discoveries. The center's computers store data used to identify the genetic origins of cancer and other diseases... 
Fundraiser with Obama draws hundreds
(03/11/10)ST. LOUIS -- President Barack Obama drew a large crowd and landed big bucks for Democrats during a St. Louis fundraiser Wednesday. Several hundred people attended a $2,400-per-guest cocktail reception and presidential dinner at a downtown hotel, with premier seating going to couples who raised $50,000. About 800 people secured spots for a $25 donation to a "grassroots reception" that organizers said also sold out...
Kansas City, Mo., closing nearly half its schools
(03/11/10) KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City school board voted Wednesday night to close nearly half the district's schools in a bid to stay afloat. The board's 5-4 decision came after parents and community leaders made final pleas for the district not to shut down 29 out of 61 schools as it seeks to erase a projected $50 million budget shortfall...
Bloomfield board looks toward April bond issue
(03/10/10) The Bloomfield School Board voted to take bids for the replacement of two 12.5 ton HVAC units at the Middle School and awarded a contract for termite eradication at the Elementary School at their regular meeting Monday night. The board also voted to rehire the certified staff at the elementary, middle and high schools in executive session following the regular meeting...
Missouri, Kansas university leaders to meet in KC
(03/10/10) KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The top officials from the universities of Missouri and Kansas planned to break bread as the Big 12 basketball tournament gets under way in Kansas City. University of Missouri system President Gary Forsee scheduled a "get acquainted" meeting Wednesday with new Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little at a coffee shop on the Country Club Plaza...
After slow start, tornado season gets underway with Okla. twister
(03/10/10) OKLAHOMA CITY -- Forecasters say a wetter-than-usual winter and a jet stream ripping over the part of the country known as "Tornado Alley" could lead to an active spring -- perhaps starting with the strong twister that nicked a small western Oklahoma town Monday night...
Supreme Court upholds death sentence for man who killed two
(03/10/10) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A divided state Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a death sentence for a Butler County man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's mother while she was holding his child. Terrance Anderson was sentenced to death in 2001 for killing Debbie Rainwater and sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing the ex-girlfriend's father, Stephen Rainwater...
Drug industry paying for Mo. cold medicine database
(03/09/10) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri selected a company Monday to develop a database for tracking purchases of cold medicine that can be used to make methamphetamine. Since 2005, Missouri has kept a paper log that law officers can use to check purchases of cold medications containing pseudoephedrine. A 2008 law required the development of electronic logs allowing real-time monitoring, but plans to expand the tracking system stalled because it was not funded...
Life sciences gets push from Nixon
(03/09/10) KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon says the state and regional economies can benefit from Missouri's push into biotechnology and the life sciences. Nixon spoke Monday to about 300 scientists and business people at the two-day Missouri Regional Life Sciences Summit at the University of Missouri-Kansas City...
Melting snow, rainfall increase Missouri's likelihood of flooding
(03/09/10) ST. LOUIS -- Higher-than-average streamflow into the Mississippi, Missouri and other rivers in the Midwest has led the National Weather Service to predict a strong chance of significant flooding this spring in eastern Missouri. Melting snow in the upper Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois river basins, as well as more rainfall than normal over the next three months, are expected to worsen the flood threat, the National Weather Service said...
Poll finds blacks motivated to vote in November
(03/09/10) WASHINGTON -- Democrats facing strong headwinds this election season have at least one reason for optimism, according to polling that found the party's large black voting bloc eager to stay involved even without Barack Obama on the ballot. About two-thirds of black adults in four states say they are closely following news about the upcoming midterm elections, and between 74 percent and 80 percent say they are very likely to vote, according to the poll, conducted by the nonpartisan Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. ...
Threat of tornado postpones drill
(03/09/10) ST. LOUIS -- Statewide tornado drills scheduled today in Missouri and Kansas have been postponed because of a small risk of an actual tornado. The National Weather Service postponed the drills Monday to avoid any confusion. Thunderstorms are possible in parts of both states today... |
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