by Alisa Nelson | May 3, 2019 | Agriculture, Business, News, Politics / Govt
Kansas City is among the three finalists and St. Louis is still in the running for the future sites of two USDA research agencies. Federal officials are looking to move the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food & Agriculture (NIFA) sites...
by Mike Lear | Jun 26, 2014 | News
Missouri’s junior senator says he’s still waiting for answers, even after getting a reply to his inquiry about the workload at centers processing federal healthcare plan applications. Whistleblowers say there are too many employees and not enough work at...
by Mike Lear | Jun 10, 2014 | Health / Medicine, Military, News
New patients seeking care at the Veterans Administration hospital in St. Louis had some of the longest wait times for new patients at any such facility in the nation, according to the results of an audit released on Monday. The average wait at that hospital was 86...
by Mike Lear | May 21, 2014 | Military, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri’s U.S. Senators are recommending money be appropriated to keep construction of a high-tech fighter jet continuing in St. Louis County. Senator Roy Blunt’s (R) office estimates 15,000 north St. Louis County jobs are tied to production of...
by Mike Lear | Nov 21, 2013 | Military, News
Missouri’s Senators are in agreement on what they see as the better of two proposals to combat sexual assaults in the military. Senator Claire McCaskill (D) is the sponsor of one of two amendments to the 2014 defense spending bill that would lay out how...