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Missouri student test scores still lag behind pre-pandemic levels

3 years ago
A day after preliminary test scores showed Missouri students’ performance on standardized tests have not bounced back from the pandemic, education advocacy groups and parents urged state lawmakers to take a comprehensive approach at crafting accountability measures for schools. On Tuesday, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released preliminary test scores for the 2021-22 [...]
Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent

Granite City hosts Steel Worker Rally

3 years ago
Granite city steelworkers rallied Saturday, August 20 after an announcement by United States Steel that it's entering a "non-binding letter of intent" with Sun-Coke Energy Inc.
Reggie Lee

Ameren may turn to natural gas to make up for shuttering Rush Island coal plant

3 years ago
Ameren Missouri may restart natural gas burners to offset the court-ordered shuttering of a coal-fired power plant that violated federal law, the company told state regulators Wednesday.  The St. Louis-based electric utility announced late last year that it would retire its Rush Island Energy Center in early 2024 after a federal court found in 2019 [...]
Allison Kite, Missouri Independent

Missouri man indicted over threat to Arizona official is a public school employee

3 years ago
A Missouri public school employee facing federal charges for allegedly threatening an Arizona election official is “embarrassed and humbled,” his attorney said Thursday. Walter Lee Hoornstra, 50, was indicted Tuesday on one count of communicating an interstate threat, which carries a maximum prison term of five years, and one count of making a threatening telephone [...]
Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent