LU can’t continue to subsidize land grant match

Soldiers Memorial on the campus of Lincoln University honors the men of the 62nd and 65th Colored Infantries who founded the institution in Jefferson City after they fought in the Civil War. There is no money in the proposed budget bills for the 2017-18 state business year – introduced in the Missouri House last week – designated for Lincoln University to match available federal funds for LU’s land grant program.

Missouri split on longer terms in attacks on police

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Eric Greitens is pushing to toughen Missouri’s already stiff penalties for attacking a police officer, pleasing many in Missouri’s law enforcement community, which has been on the defensive since a white police officer killed an unarmed black 18-year-old in Ferguson more than two years ago.

Missouri, New Hampshire could become right-to-work states

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens delivers his State of the State address at the Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Greitens during the address on Tuesday outlined a policy plan he says will help grow jobs, including passing a right-to-work law barring mandatory union fees and paring back government regulations.