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Parkway School District decides to cancel early childhood center

1 month 4 weeks ago
The Parkway School District has announced that it will not proceed with the construction of a new, early childhood center as originally planned, Jeff Todd, president of the Parkway Board of Education, said on Wednesday during a district board meeting. The proposed $26 million facility, which was intended to be built between Wren Hollow Elementary School and Southwest Middle School on Wren Avenue in Manchester, has been deemed no longer viable. "Our community has been clear: high-quality early childhood…
Genell Reynolds and Holden Kurwicki

‘A little goofy’: Loopholes allow millions to flow around Missouri campaign donation limits

2 months ago
After years of no-limit spending on Missouri politics, voters had enough in 2016. That year, as candidates raked in $65.5 million in donations larger than $100,000, Missourians overwhelmingly adopted a constitutional amendment capping donations to candidates, outlawing direct contributions from corporations and labor unions and banning efforts to conceal where money is coming from. The motivation, which the amendment embedded in the constitution, was that “excessive campaign contributions to…
Rudi Keller