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Missouri budget cuts threaten plan to show grade-level performance on state tests

4 months 1 week ago
A law passed last year to add a measure for grade-level equivalency as part of Missouri’s standardized test reports may be scrapped as a casualty of the state’s budgetary woes. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education requested $1 million to add grade-level equivalency to the Missouri Assessment Program, which would largely be a one-time […]
Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri may finally be done looking the other way on gray-market slot machines

4 months 1 week ago
If you ever want to know what’s really heating up in the Missouri Legislature, skip the floor debates and committee hearings. Check the lobbyist registrations at the Missouri Ethics Commission. A prime example is the push to legalize video lottery terminals — aka, those slot machines you see at gas stations. This isn’t just a […]
Jason Hancock

Bill seeks to lower the minimum wage for minors in Missouri

4 months 1 week ago
A bill that would lower the minimum wage for minors was pitched by its sponsor last week as a way to help small businesses and young workers. The legislation would create a separate minimum wage for those under age 18 who are employed in Missouri. The new minimum wage rate for minors would be $12.30 […]
Sawyer Bess

Warmer temperatures to start the work week

4 months 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS - A couple of very nice days ahead. Monday will be sunny with highs in the 50s. Tuesday will brings highs around 60 F. That will help to melt off a lot of the stubborn snow and ice still clinging to area sidewalks and parking lots. Those bigger piles will take a while [...]
Angela Hutti

Seahawks ride their 'Dark Side' defense to a Super Bowl title, pounding the Patriots 29-13

4 months 1 week ago
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The “Dark Side” defense carried Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks to a Lombardi Trophy. Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald’s ferocious unit pummeled Drake Maye, and the Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 on Sunday to win the franchise’s second Super Bowl. [...]
ROB MAADDI, Associated Press