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An effort to let parents send their children to the closest school even if they don’t live in the district has started working its way through the state senate
Sometimes students live at the edge of one school district and the bus ride to class each day can take more than 45 minutes each way—when they are within a few minutes of a school in another district. Senator Jane Cunningham’s proposal allows the closer district to admit the student if space is available. [Read more...]
Although the House has drawn its version of eight new congressional districts, the senate committee is still working on its version. Senate redistricting chairman Scott Rupp expects to have a map within a few days–perhaps next week.
He says the senate map is shaping up to be similar to the one the House committee has drawn. But he does expect differences. Those differences have to be ironed out before the legislature adjourns May 13th. [Read more...]
Nuclear energy officials say they would never be so arrogant as to say the Callaway Nuclear facility is impervious to disaster, but they tell the Public Service Commission the plant is above and beyond safety codes.
Click on the image to view the full presentation given by Ameren, Wolf Creek, to the Public Service Commission.
Adam Heflin is Ameren Missouri’s Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer. He tells Missourians “worst-case scenarios” were taken into account when the plant was built in the 80s. The plant went online in 1984.
Heflin was joined by Matt Sunseri, Wolf Creek Nuclear Operation Corporation President and CEO, in explaining to commissioners what safety precautions are in place, and said those measures are ongoing, including (but not limited to) continual training, sampling, security and testing at various locations within 2 miles, 5 miles, 10 miles and up to 50 and 100 miles from the Callaway plant site.
Capitol reporters gather around to look at proposed Congressional map
We have a map, a House proposal to re-draw the state’s Congressional boundaries now that the delegation has shrunk from nine to eight.
A proposed re-positioning of eight Congressional districts has been unveiled at the House Redistricting Committee at the Capitol.
“I think this is a map that we can go forward with and say we did a pretty good job,” committee chairman, Rep. John Diehl, a Republican from Town and Country, said to committee members. “And I want to make it clear it’s not a Congressional consensus map. I mean there are some Congressmen who don’t like this, but that’s not our job. Our job is to write a map that fairly and adequately represents all Missourians.” [Read more...]
Mizzou misses on it’s man. Purdue University and head men’s basketball coach Matt Painter have agreed on a new eight-year contract through the 2018-19 season. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
“We are thrilled to announce that Matt will continue his leadership of our men’s basketball program at his alma mater,” athletics director Morgan Burke said. “He has been at the helm of the winningest four-year period in the storied history of Boilermaker basketball, and we pledge to work with him to win championships.”
In a statement posted on Purdue’s official website, Painter said ”I am extremely excited about continuing my career at Purdue. I believe we have built something very special. At the same time, I feel we have much more ahead of us to accomplish. There’s a lot to be excited about right now with Purdue basketball. We are moving into our new offices and locker room complex over the next couple of weeks. Our program is built on hard work, and we are ready to get back to improving as a team and a staff. At the end of the day, my heart is at Purdue, and this is a place where I want to win a national championship.”
Painter is in Florida and will return to campus later today or tomorrow. Missouri will now continue its search for option two on their list.
