by Alisa Nelson | Feb 28, 2021 | Crime / Courts, News
A Missouri court has ruled that putting individuals on a waiting list to get public defender services violates state and federal law. Gov. Mike Parson’s state budget proposal aims to reduce the line of people waiting for these services. The system has nearly 400...
by Missourinet Contributor | Sep 10, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News
The economic picture is brightening for both Missouri and the Midwest. Creighton University’s August survey of supply managers and business leaders across the nine-state region finds the financial situation slowly improving. Economist Ernie Goss of Creighton...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 30, 2020 | Education, Health / Medicine, News
Missouri school officials have been putting a lot of effort into developing reopening plans designed to help protect staff, students and their families during the COVID-19 era. Gov. Mike Parson is traveling around the state this week to hear from teachers and...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 29, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Southeast Missouri Congressman Jason Smith says he wants to save the nation’s rural hospitals at risk of closing. He is proposing to let the U.S. Health and Human Services Department secretary forgive all Medicare accelerated payments for rural hospitals experiencing...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 1, 2020 | Business, Education, Health / Medicine, News, Transportation
About 300 state workers are getting laid off and another 200 vacant positions will be eliminated. During a press conference Tuesday, State Budget Director Dan Haug shared the details. “That’s out of a state workforce of over 50,000. We did certainly try to protect our...
