Newscast for June 6, 2012

KBIA | By Scarlett Robertson

Published June 6, 2012 at 5:53 PM CDT

Regional news KBIA newsroom, including:

Executives from Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse presented their plans to the state Public Service Commission for pursuing grants to build small nuclear reactors.
New appointees to the University of Missouri Board of Curators were welcomed to their positions Wednesday. Missouri’s Gross Domestic Product growth was stagnant in 2011.
Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich says some agencies rushed to spend money near the end of the budget year.

Scarlett Robertson

Scarlett Robertson joined KBIA as a producer in February 2011. She studied psychology at Lake Forest College and holds a masters degree in journalism from Syracuse University. Scarlett began her professional career in psychology, jumped to magazines and then came to her senses and shifted to public radio. She has contributed to NPR member stations WAER in Syracuse, KUT in Austin and Chicago’s WBEZ.

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