City launches winter operations for homeless
With dangerously cold temperatures here, nonprofits, volunteers, and City officials are launching Winter Operations over the next few nights. Increased outreach and additional shelter bed space is being offered for people who do not have shelter. Individuals or families seeking shelter should please contact the following agencies: St. Louis Housing Helpline: (314) 802-5444 United Way:…
Comptroller: State employee bonuses on hold during impasse
CHICAGO (AP) – Comptroller Susana Mendoza says state employees promised bonuses will now have to wait to receive them during the ongoing budget impasse. The office that controls Illinois’ checkbook announced Wednesday that payments to social services and public safety come first. Mendoza, a Democrat, took office this week after ousting Republican Leslie Munger in…
Missouri prison harassment reports spur call for review
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican House Speaker Todd Richardson is calling for an investigation of the state Department of Corrections after reports of widespread workplace harassment. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2h7tw7F ) on Wednesday reported Richardson says he won’t tolerate what he said appears to be a culture of sexual harassment. The alternative…
8 people indicted for smash-and-grab at Missouri Saks store
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Eight Chicago residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury for the smash-and-grab crime at a Saks Fifth Avenue in suburban St. Louis. The U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis on Wednesday announced the indictments. All eight suspects are in their 20’s. Illinois State Police say they are also under…
Rauner asks Democrats for budget proposal, delays meeting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he wants Democratic leaders to present him a budget proposal to end an 18-month stalemate before meeting again for another round of negotiations. Rauner made the announcement Wednesday a day before a planned meeting with legislative leaders, which he canceled. The Chicago Sun-Times reports (http://bit.ly/2h4CnUX )…
Police called after man uses axe in altercation
( KTRs) Authorities are investigating a call for an assault that involved an axe. Police were called to a residence in the 4800 block of Maffitt, just after midnight, Wednesday. When they arrived that victim told officers that he had got into an altercation with his neighbor, who then produced an axe and struck the…
University of Missouri receives diversity recommendations
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A task forces says the University of Missouri system should emphasize diversity in its recruiting and hiring practices, while also finding ways to fund those practices to make them sustainable. A 21-page report by the UM System Diversity, Equity and Inclusion task force issued Wednesday made specific recommendations to improve diversity…
St. Louis city seeks $40 million in tax credits for MLS stadium
(KTRS) – St. Louis City leaders are asking for $40 million in tax credits to help finance a Major League Soccer stadium. This is on top of the $80 million that city voters will decide on in April. The new tax credit request will be presented to the state Development Finance Board in Jefferson City Thursday.…