Tagged: Jefferson City

Jefferson City can sometimes be thought as the smaller town next to Columbia, but it has it's own rich history even beyond being the state capital. Nobody knows the history, and tells its stories better than Bob Priddy, whose "Across Our Wide Missouri" series of books are full of the narrative of our state's past.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, including:

• Black caucus members in Jefferson City fight bill redefining workplace discrimination.
• MU Chancellor Brady Deaton rails against Gov. Jay Nixon's proposed cuts to higher education.
• Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum swings by Missouri before next month's GOP primary.

Legislation to make Missouri a "right-to-work" state is again coming up in state Senate.

A senate panel last week endorsed two bills that would make it a misdemeanor to require workers to pay union fees as a condition of employment.

One of the two proposals, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Rob Mayer, would go before voters if it passes the Legislature. The other would go to the governor's desk.

They were discovered Tuesday outside the offices of five Democratic State Senators and one Republican House Member.  Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal of St. Louis County says someone planted two stickers outside her office: