(Missourinet) Monday is Columbus Day, which is a federal, Missouri and county holiday. It’s one of ten federal holidays and is one of 12 Missouri state holidays. It celebrates the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas in 1492. Most federal, s...
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Hundreds apply for Missouri Fast Track program
(Missourinet) About 400 Missourians have applied so far for the state’s new Fast Track financial aid program. Fast Track is designed to fill Missouri’s greatest workforce needs by covering the full cost of schooling for adults 25 or older pursuing a ce...
Read More »Ambassador expected to testify key assurance was from Trump
(AP) – A U.S. ambassador is expected to tell Congress that his text message reassuring another envoy that there was no quid pro quo in their interactions with Ukraine was based solely on what President Donald Trump told him. That’s accordin...
Read More »Questions intensify after Texas officer kills woman at home
(AP) – A white police officer who fatally shot a 28-year-old black woman inside her Texas home is set to be interviewed by investigators as questions and outrage grow over the shooting. Fort Worth police say officers responded early Saturday afte...
Read More »Joe Biden’s son Hunter stepping down from Chinese board
(AP) — Facing intense scrutiny from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, Hunter Biden says he will step down from the board of directors of a Chinese-backed private equity firm at the end of the month as part of a pledge not to work on beh...
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