With Republican and Democratic lawmakers calling it outdated and unworkable, Congress is set to try again to overhaul the Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law. The Senate continues debate on a bipartisan measure that rewrites the 2002 law, shifting much of ...
Read More »Joplin business owner gets 3 years in prison for selling K2
A man has been sentenced to three years in prison for mail fraud conspiracy and money laundering related to the sale of more than $1 million worth of synthetic marijuana known as K2 through his business in Joplin. The Joplin ...
Read More »GM recalls Hummers to fix fan controls that can overheat
General Motors is recalling more than 196,000 Hummer SUVs worldwide because the ventilation fan motor controls can overheat and start a fire. The recall covers the 2006 to 2010 Hummer H3 and the 2009 and 2010 H3T. The company says ...
Read More »St. Louis woman pleads guilty in death of housemate
A St. Louis woman has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, elder abuse and domestic assault in connection to the 2012 death of her housemate. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports 52-year-old Darlene Coulibaly pleaded guilty Monday. According to authorities, 67-year-old Howard ...
Read More »Hallmark to hire at Missouri plant; close Connecticut plant
Hallmark Cards says it plans to add about 400 employees in the next year at its distribution plant in Liberty, Missouri, while phasing out a plant in Enfield, Connecticut. The company said Tuesday the moves will consolidate its warehouse and ...
Read More »House GOP effort would tap disaster fund for some wildfires
House Republicans are proposing that some forest fires be treated like federal disasters, an attempt to win broader support for legislation that targets overgrown national forest lands. The legislation focuses on speeding up timber harvests and the removal of underbrush ...
Read More »Fed officials still cautious in June about rate hikes
Federal Reserve policymakers last month saw signs that the economy was healing after its winter slump but still wanted more signs of improvement before they began raising interest rates. Minutes of the June 16-17 discussions showed that while one Fed ...
Read More »FBI, Justice Dept. take encryption concerns to Congress
Federal law enforcement officials warned Wednesday that data encryption is making it harder to hunt for pedophiles and terror suspects, telling senators that consumers’ right to privacy is not absolute and must be weighed against public-safety interests. The testimony before ...
Read More »Lawmakers seek probe of ex-head of chemical safety board
Two House members are seeking a Justice Department investigation of the former head of the federal board that investigates chemical accidents, saying they believe he made multiple false statements while testifying before an oversight committee. The request for the federal ...
Read More »Eastern Missouri man accused in 2nd fatal wreck in a year
An eastern Missouri man charged last year with drunken driving in a car wreck that killed his child’s mother now is accused of causing an accident that killed a motorcyclist. Derrell Edward Dean Hall, 25, of Winfield was charged Monday ...
Read More »Missouri to require business notification of tax changes
Missouri’s tax collection agency soon will need to notify affected businesses when there are changes in sales tax policy once a bill signed Monday by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon takes effect. Bill sponsor and Lee’s Summit Republican Sen. Will Kraus, ...
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