Top Stories: Nick Ayers, Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff and former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens top political consultant will not be President Trump's new Chief of Staff. The two failed to come to an agreement yesterday after Ayers had been considered a shoo-in for the post. And a man was hit and killed by a train while he was walking on railroad tracks in Springfield Saturday … [Read More...]
Parson wants Missouri to be a national leader in preventing Medicaid fraud
Saying that safeguarding the integrity of the state's Medicaid program is vital, Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) announced the creation of a Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Task Force on Friday. The governor was joined at the Statehouse announcement by incoming Attorney General Eric Schmitt (R), who says the program is intended for Missouri's most vulnerable. "Whether it's the elderly veteran … [Read More...]
Missouri Supreme Court considering whether lower court bungled man’s DWI plea deal
The Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City is considering the case of a man who claims he was misled into a lengthy prison sentence for a DWI conviction. The high bench will determine whether a lower court should have struck down its original conviction against him because of a faulty plea arrangement Michael Williams pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated as a chronic offender in … [Read More...]
Missouri college develops new rice variety
A new rice breed has been developed by Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau and the Missouri Rice Research and Merchandising Council (MRRMC). Dr. Mike Aide, professor of agriculture, says MM17 is the school’s first-ever release of a new rice variety and it has been about one decade in the making. “It is a cross between a variety from Italy and one of our own lines and it … [Read More...]
President Trump addresses hundreds of law enforcement officers at national conference in Kansas City (AUDIO)
President Donald Trump spoke to about 650 law enforcement officers and prosecutors Friday in Kansas City, at a national conference about violent crime. Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker was also on-hand, and former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft also made an appearance. Organizers say the Project Safe Neighborhoods conference brings people from across the country … [Read More...]
Overhaul of airwaves for wireless expansion means Missouri TV viewers will have to re-scan sets
The FCC is overseeing changes in television broadcast frequencies across the country and in Missouri in order to make more airwaves available for 5G and high-speed mobile broadcast services. Those who watch free, over-the-air television using rooftop or indoor antennas are being impacted by frequency changes being made. About half of all full-power and Class A low power TV stations on channels … [Read More...]
Former northwest Missouri college wants to reopen as technical school
Efforts to reopen Tarkio College as a two-year technical institution took a step forward this week. At a special presentation inside Thompson Hall on the Tarkio College campus, assistant to the college president, John Davis, says an application for certification has been submitted to the Missouri Department of Higher Education. Davis says the decision to open the college's doors now lies in the … [Read More...]
Missourinet 7 a. m. News 12-07-2018
Top Stories: Missouri now has a nearly $170 million budget deficit that has developed since the current fiscal year began in July. Revenue collections for November alone were $67 million behind the same month last year. And President Trump is speaking at the Project Safe Neighborhoods national conference in Kansas City today. The closed event part of a Justice Department effort to curb crime. … [Read More...]
Outgoing Missouri AG Hawley and incoming AG Schmitt hold joint press conference
Missouri's incoming attorney general says he's been conducting interviews with staff members of outgoing Attorney General Josh Hawley (R). Hawley and Republican Eric Schmitt, who's currently the State Treasurer, held a joint press conference Thursday in Jefferson City, after Hawley's senior staff briefed Schmitt in front of reporters. Schmitt is expected to be sworn-in as attorney … [Read More...]
SE Missouri sailor could have been one of the first to sacrifice life at Pearl Harbor
Friday is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and people around the country and in Missouri are paying respects to those who sacrificed their lives during the surprise military strike by Japan against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A young sailor who lost his life during the attack is being remembered during a ceremony in southeast Missouri’s Cape Girardeau. 19-year-old Lloyd … [Read More...]
Legislature
Outgoing Missouri AG Hawley and incoming AG Schmitt hold joint press conference
Missouri’s incoming attorney general says he’s been conducting interviews with staff members of outgoing Attorney General Josh Hawley (R). Hawley and Republican Eric Schmitt, who’s currently the State Treasurer, held a joint press conference Thursday in Jefferson City, after Hawley’s senior staff briefed Schmitt in front of reporters. Schmitt is expected to be sworn-in as […]
Politics & Government
Parson wants Missouri to be a national leader in preventing Medicaid fraud
Saying that safeguarding the integrity of the state’s Medicaid program is vital, Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) announced the creation of a Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Task Force on Friday. The governor was joined at the Statehouse announcement by incoming Attorney General Eric Schmitt (R), who says the program is intended for Missouri’s most vulnerable. “Whether […]
Economy
Blunt ‘very concerned’ about America’s trade strategy
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, says he’s been “very concerned” about America’s trade strategy. During the Missouri Farm Bureau Convention this week at the Lake of the Ozarks, the Republican says he’s glad the U.S. did not escalate its trade fight with China. He cites U.S. soybean exports have gone to virtually zero since the […]
Education
Former northwest Missouri college wants to reopen as technical school
Efforts to reopen Tarkio College as a two-year technical institution took a step forward this week. At a special presentation inside Thompson Hall on the Tarkio College campus, assistant to the college president, John Davis, says an application for certification has been submitted to the Missouri Department of Higher Education. Davis says the decision to […]