by admin | Dec 30, 2002 | Politics / Govt
The Missouri National Guard is closing its ShowMe ChalleNGe program, located in Nevada, on January 15th because of state government budget cuts. The shut down will result in the laying off 44 full-time employees. ShowMe ChalleNGe began in 1998 and has graduated 830...
by admin | Dec 30, 2002 | Politics / Govt
A proposed law letting Missourians generate their own electricity and sell any surplus to utilities for the same price utilities charge customers will be circulated in petition form. Secretary of State Matt Blunt has cleared the way for the petitions to go around....
by admin | Dec 30, 2002 | Uncategorized
A series of wrecks on Interstate 44 in Southwest Missouri on Saturday has left 22 people hurt and tied up traffic for almost four hours. It started with a two-vehicle accident. Traffic was stopped, and about half an hour later another series of crashes happened, one...
by admin | Dec 30, 2002 | Politics / Govt
The public library in your town is not getting its share of more than $2-Million in state aid that it should be getting this year and the State Librarian thinks it’s because the Governor and the Legislature have violated the law in their efforts to balance the...
by admin | Dec 30, 2002 | Politics / Govt
The economic boon some Missouri broadcasters enjoyed with the fall elections might not be repeated as new federal campaign finance reform laws took effect. Broadcasters saw millions of dollars dumped into the state by third-party groups, so-called soft money, spent on...