Missouri state workers

Funding Boost For Mo. Schools, Small Raise For State Employees Likely

The Associated Press and Kelsey Proud — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:24:11 +0000

Will be updated with more information.

Missouri schools appear likely to get a 2 percent funding increase next year. And state employees could get a small raise.

Those decisions appear to be locked into the budget as a result of decisions Tuesday by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Mo. State Workers' Pay, Benefits, May Get Review

Marshall Griffin — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:45:14 +0000

A joint House-Senate committee met today at the Missouri Capitol to discuss a proposed review of wages and benefits paid to state workers.

State Senator Mike Kehoe (R, Jefferson City) sits on the Joint Interim Committee on State Employee Wages. He says they’d like to hire a company to review Missouri’s entire compensation package for state employees.

Mo. State Workers To Get Black Friday Off This Year

Marshall Griffin — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:01:12 +0000

Governor Jay Nixon (D) has decided to let state employees take the day after Thanksgiving off work this year.

The state’s latest general revenue report show that Missouri collected 7.5 percent more money last month than it did in October of last year, and State Budget Director Linda Luebbering says that’s part of the reason why state workers will get to stay home on November 23rd.

“It does cost us a little bit to provide those holidays to state employees, and that’s why he didn’t authorize that in (20)10 and (20)11, because of that cost to th

1st MoDOT worker killed in Mo. since Move Over law expanded last month

Marshall Griffin — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:34:35 +0000

A Missouri Department of Transportation worker was killed on the job early this morning in the Kansas City area.

Clifton Scott, 50, is the first MoDOT worker killed in the line of duty since Missouri's Move Over law was expanded last month to include Dept. of Transportation employees and vehicles. He was one of two MoDOT workers who responded during pre-dawn hours to a four-vehicle crash on I-70 in Independence. Scott was placing cones on the highway to re-route traffic around 2:50 a.m. when he was struck by another vehicle. Scott died at the scene, and the driver who struck him was seriously injured after crashing into Scott's truck. Chris Redline is an engineer with MoDOT’s Kansas City office.

Madigan reflects on his role, regrets for Ill. pension system

Illinois Public Radio — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:25:45 +0000

Illinois lawmakers are scheduled to debate today a massive overhaul of the state’s pension system.

The measure’s revival was made possible last night by a surprise move from House Speaker Michael Madigan, who calls an overhaul necessary.

Madigan told Illinois Public Radio’s Amanda Vinicky he regrets his role in passing an early retirement package a decade ago that added to the state’s $83 billion unfunded pension liability – and what he wants to do about it now.