by Marshall Griffin | Apr 1, 2024 | News
The future of sports in Jackson County, Missouri is at stake. Voters will decide Tuesday whether to extend a sales tax that would help fund a new baseball stadium for the Kansas City Royals and renovations to the Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium. If passed, the 3/8ths of 1%...
by Anthony Morabith | Apr 1, 2024 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
A pilot project has been announced that plans to improve health outcomes in rural Missouri communities. It’s a collaborative effort between the Missouri Department of Social Services and the MO HealthNet Division. The Transformation of Rural Community Health (ToRCH)...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 1, 2024 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
A new survey says more than 70% of Missouri teachers responding have seriously thought about leaving the profession. Todd Fuller, spokesman for the Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA), said the organization surveyed the state’s K-12 public school teachers, with...
by Anthony Morabith | Mar 30, 2024 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
The state Senate recently passed a wide-ranging education bill. The main part of the bill would modify the Missouri Empowerment Accounts Program, to expand accessibility to private schooling for students across Missouri. Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden,...
by Marshall Griffin | Mar 29, 2024 | News
The new director of the Missouri State Fair admits it’s disappointing that this year’s event won’t have rodeo, motorcross, bull riding, tractor pulls, or demolition derbies that are normally held at the State Fair Arena. The ten-acre open-air field with metal...
by Alisa Nelson | Mar 29, 2024 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Expired temporary license tags are common to see driving down the road in Missouri. Rep. Brad Pollitt, R-Sedalia, is proposing to crack down on the problem. “These temporary tags that are outdated, some of them outdated as many as four or five years, that means those...
by Alisa Nelson | Mar 29, 2024 | Military, News, Politics / Govt
The western Missouri city of Concordia has painted the town patriotic. It has giant murals on the sides of downtown buildings, including one of a B-2 bomber, the USS Missouri battleship, and an American flag. Rep. Kurtis Gregory, R-Marshall, is sponsoring a bill that...
by Anthony Morabith | Mar 29, 2024 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The state Senate has given initial approval to legislation that would create a prescribed pediatric extended-care center license issued by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). The bill from Sen. Rusty Black, R-Chillicothe, focuses on providing...
by Alisa Nelson | Mar 28, 2024 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Current Missouri law allows Medicaid payments to cover the cost of hearing aids for eligible low-income children, pregnant women, and visually-impaired people. The Missouri House of Representatives has passed a bill that would expand Medicaid coverage to include...
by Bill Pollock | Mar 28, 2024 | News, Show Me Today
Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, how safe are bridges over the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers? MoDOT Assistant Chief Engineer Eric Schroeter joined Show Me Today to explain that not only are bridges designed for barge collisions...
by [email protected] | Mar 28, 2024 | News, Show Me Today
Monopoly has produced “city editions” of the popular board game for U.S. Cities nationwide. It is St. Louis’s turn. Cameron Conner is here with one of the Sales Managers at Topp Trumps USA, Katie Hubbard, to discuss how St. Louis natives can pitch their ideas on...
by Missourinet Contributor | Mar 28, 2024 | Business, Crime / Courts, News
Shoplifting has been on the rise in Missouri and across the nation in the last few years, and law enforcement is keeping an eye on this trend. Missouri lost more than $1.6 billion in revenue to theft in 2022. St. Joseph Police Chief Paul Luster said locked cases,...
