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ST. LOUIS (Missourinet) -- Member voting on a tentative UPS deal for union workers wraps up Tuesday. Tentative changes include a bump in pay for full- and part-time workers – $21 per hour for new and existing part-time hires and delivery drivers will get $49 per hour. There’s also the other side of that coin – non-union supervisors and managers who are not part of that deal. Chris Tongay with Teamsters Local 688 in St. Louis said he has heard […]
COLUMBIA (Missourinet) -- Mizzou football landed the top recruit in the state for 2024 with five-star defensive lineman Williams Nwaneri. The 6’5 250 pound senior from Lee’s Summit North is the number one player in the state. He’s also the number one D-lineman in the country and the third overall-ranked player coming out in 2024. Nwaneri is the highest-ranked recruit Mizzou has landed since Dorial Green-Beckham in 2012. He’s also the highest-ranked defensive lineman since Terry Beckner Jr. (No. 2 […]
JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri has a shortage of teachers to fill badly needed positions. To make matters worse, retention rates are low, according to Paul Katnik, with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). He said Missouri loses too many early career teachers. Improving the mentorship program for beginning teachers is top of the list. “One obvious one that people would understand, I think is, you know, your mentor program for brand new teachers,” said Katnik. “What kind […]
JEFFERSON CITY (Missourinet) -- Beginning with the next election cycle in 2024, sheriffs elected in Missouri will have fewer options for retirement. Two bills signed by Gov. Mike Parson will require all future sheriffs to only use the Sheriff’s Retirement System. As a result, they won’t be vested until they’ve served two four-year terms in office. Some sheriffs in heavier populated counties are also enrolled in LAGERS, the Missouri Local Government Employees Retirement System, while deputies can be enrolled in […]
JEFFERSON CITY (MissouriNet) -- The next leader of the Missouri State Fair will have some large cowboy boots to fill. After 14 years on the job, Director Mark Wolfe is retiring. “I wrote my letter to him and tore it up 19 times over the last six months and tossed it around in my mind. Is this the right thing to do? Should I do this? Is it time for me to go? You know, it really came down to […]
JEFFERSON CITY (MissouriNet) -- Ameren Missouri plans to increase its electricity rates for the 1.3 million customers it serves in the central and eastern parts of the state. The Missouri Public Service Commission has approved the St. Louis-based utility’s request to raise rates for its residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The average residential customer is expected to see their monthly bill increase by about $5.50. The rate hike is set to begin on July 1. Ameren sought to increase its […]
RURAL MONROE COUNTY, Missouri (MissouriNet) -- A semi driver reportedly failed to stop at a railroad crossing and struck a Norfolk Southern train on Sunday in Monroe County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the truck driver, Russell Minnis, 65, of Higbee, died at the crash scene. The collision caused several of the train cars to derail – closing traffic in the area along Highway 24 near Madison. Missourinet affiliate WGEM-TV reported that the semi had contained fertilizer, and the […]
JEFFERSON CITY (MissouriNet) -- A package of tax breaks designed to help childcare centers in Missouri hire more workers failed to make it out of this year’s legislative session. House Bill 870 would have provided tax credits for childcare providers. It would also provide tax credits for those who donate to daycare centers. Businesses that help cover childcare costs for their employees would also have been eligible. It was sponsored by State Representative Brenda Shields, R-St. Joseph. “We didn’t have a […]
JEFFERSON CITY (Missourinet) -- Newborn children could be raised for up to 18 months within Missouri’s prison system for women. The Missouri House of Representatives has given preliminary approval to a bill that would create a prison nursery program. Representatives Bruce DeGroot (R-Chesterfield) and Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) are leading the effort. They want to let eligible state prisoners raise their newborns during those first critical months of life if the mothers want to and if the other parent does not […]
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