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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — After more than 11 years, the state of Missouri and Premium Standard Farms have come to a final agreement over penalties and remedies for violations of various state and federal environmental laws. The settlement announced Wednesday by Attorney General Chris Koster ends legal wrangling that began in 1999 when then-attorney general [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Some of the state’s top education leaders have kicked off a proactive initiative to guide future trends in Missouri’s schools. A group of about 120 school superintendents and school board members, dubbed the Missouri Vision Task Force, will spend about a year meeting in internal focus groups and conversing with community [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A new cyberbullying law takes effect this Friday in school districts statewide. The law, passed last spring, added the words “cyberbullying” and “bullying by electronic communications” to anti-bullying statutes enacted by the 2006 General Assembly. The law aims to address the myriad new avenues of torment paved by the digital age…. [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A U.S. congressional candidate and five state representative hopefuls think the time is right for an independent voice in politics. The six candidates will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot certified by Secretary of State Robin Carnahan Tuesday. Please visit our main news site www.monewshorizon.org to read the complete article or [...]
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By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — From Springfield to Kirksville, from Maryville to Cape Girardeau, more students than ever before are crowding Missouri college and university campuses. Monday was the first day of classes at many of the state’s four-year institutions, and most report record enrollments, led by freshman classes that [...]
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By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — As the governor seeks more college graduates than ever before, state education officials question whether enough high school students are ready for the challenge. At his higher education summit this week, Gov. Jay Nixon set a goal of having 60 percent of Missouri adults be [...]
Continue reading …SEDALIA, Mo. — In Missouri, the place to be this week is at the State Fair. And if you’re a Missouri politician, the place to be Thursday morning was the annual Governor’s Ham Breakfast. A crowd of about 1,000, including candidates for office, political operatives, lobbying groups, legislators, former legislators, staffs and campaign volunteers, attended [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Columbia communications firm is the latest company in the state to receive federal grants to bring broadband Internet access to rural Missouri. Bluebird Communications on Wednesday was awarded $45.1 million from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration to provide service to approximately 600,000 households and 57,000 businesses [...]
Continue reading …Auditor Lauds Improved Sex Offender Tracking, Though Some Non-Compliance Issues Loom
August 19, 2010 No CommentJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee complimented the Highway Patrol and the Missouri Department of Public Safety for their efforts in improving the efficacy of the states’ sexual offender registration list. Montee issued an audit of the program as a follow up to a 2002 audit that found 36 percent of the [...]
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By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri’s colleges and universities need to refocus their missions to better serve the state’s population, the governor on Tuesday told statewide education leaders. “We must focus and channel our collective energies to develop an agile and aggressive response to the changing demands on higher education, [...]
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