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MU Extension to Address Distance Learning Needs and Streamline Budget Columbia, MO – As part of the University of Missouri’s continual efforts to increase efficiencies and optimize resources, Chancellor Brady Deaton and Provost Brian Foster have announced that University of Missouri Extension’s e-learning program will be realigned, some positions will be reduced, and Extension’s role [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Transportation is in money-saving mode in a big way as the first year of its latest five-year plan winds down. In a six-month review of the plan implemented in March, MoDOT touts its decreased staff size, its cost reductions and the amount of money it has been [...]
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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. – More students than ever before are headed for the state’s higher education institutions, but there’s less money available to help them pay the price. Record enrollments are expected across the state – from Missouri State University in Springfield to Southeast Missouri State in Cape Girardeau. The University of Missouri at Columbia [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Members of Missouri’s congressional delegation are on their way back to Washington D.C. to vote on a state stimulus package aimed at plugging holes in education and Medicaid budgets. The House will meet in special session Tuesday to vote on a measure passed by the Senate last week that will provide [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri state employees will soon be paying more out of their pockets for health care. A central Missouri lawmaker who represents thousands of them called the cuts another slap for state workers. But the state’s plan manager said the changes attempt to make the best of a bad situation. Last week, [...]
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June 2, 2010 By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Despite an overall decline in state revenue collections of more than 21 percent compared to last June, the state’s budget director is optimistic about increases in  some key economic indicators within the revenue collection system. “It is a mixed bag, but there [...]
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By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Citing a still uncertain state economy, Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday announced $301.4 million in cuts to the fiscal year 2011 state budget. The cuts are in addition to more than $300 million state legislators made to the governor’s original budget plan during the just-completed [...]
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May 14, 2010 By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Legislature ended its 95th General Assembly with a busy day of bill passing, but what didn’t pass made most of the news at the Capitol. As the final moments of the session approached, House members sought to strike a deal [...]
Continue reading …By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, M0. — Organizers of the Tour of Missouri bicycle race say the state must be involved for the race to go forward, and time is running out for that decision. Chris Aronholdt of Medalist Sports set a deadline of May 7 for a final decision on whether [...]
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