Emerson calls for public comment on Birds Point repair
Jo Ann Emerson has been beating the drum about Birds Point since before they even pushed the button. The Cape Girardeau Republican urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers not to do it. Then, when it did...
View ArticleHouse budget chairman calls for termination of SynCare contract
House Budget chairman Ryan Silvey, R-Kansas City, is calling for the "immediate termination" of the contract awarded to SynCare, LLC., for third-party assessment services. Silvey's office issued a news...
View ArticleArena Golf property owner asking city leaders for rezoning
At first glance, it appears the owners of Arena Golf are facing a quandary more severe than a sandpit and more problematic than a swing that leaves you 20 yards from the fairway. And, if you're the...
View ArticleCity manager doesn't anticipate Commander eviction today
As of today, Oct. 6, the 10 days are up. After nearly four years of not paying a nickel in rent, Commander Premier Aircraft Corp. can be forcibly removed from a city-owned hangar at the Cape Girardeau...
View ArticleCouncil topics tonight: Cape Mart, urban deer hunting
Afternoon, folks. Your elected officials are going to be busy at the Cape Girardeau City Council meeting tonight. The overall meeting meeting doesn't look to be an especially long one, but -- between...
View ArticleCouncil appoints new members to three Cape advisory boards
A few new faces will be filling some of Cape Girardeau's more influential commission and advisory boards. But some of the names should be familiar. On Monday, the Cape Girardeau City Council offered...
View ArticleHave an opinion about urban deer hunting? Cape officials want to hear it
Do you have an opinion on this? I know you do. Maybe you think it's overkill and you can't stand the thought of hunters with bows and arrows hunting inside the city. Or maybe you believe it's it's just...
View ArticleAnimal control officer to talk to deer committee Tuesday
Ty Metzger, the animal control officer with the Cape Girardeau Police Department, will be speaking to the new urban deer committee Tuesday night. The committee, which is formulating a recommendation on...
View ArticleConservation agent to make presentation to deer committee tonight
The deer management committee is holding its third meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at Cape Girardeau City Hall. The first meeting was basically a meet-and-greet. The second meeting last month involved...
View ArticleMore from Wallingford, Swan
The two big political announcements Monday came from Rep. Wayne Wallingford and Cape Girardeau City Council member Kathy Swan. Wallingford's news that he intends to run for the Missouri Senate was...
View ArticleGOP, Dems hurrying to ready nominees for redistricting panel
The Missouri Supreme Court's ruling on Tuesday to throw out redrawn state Senate district maps has the state's two major political parties scurrying to restart the process that ultimately took most of...
View ArticleState Dems to select redistricting nominees on Saturday
The Missouri Democratic Party seems poised to select its nominees for the state senatorial commission by the end of the week. Mike Sanders, the state party chairman and executive of Jackson COunty,...
View ArticleEmerson votes for congressional pay freeze
Nearly half the members of Congress are millionaires, so giving them raises with a national debt of more than $15 trillion probably doesn't make a lot of sense. At least it doesn't to U.S. Rep. Jo Ann...
View ArticleTop federal building bidder hasn't backed out!
At least not yet -- and there's really no reason to think he/she/it will, unless you firmly believe history is doomed to repeat itself. In a previous auction for the former federal building in Cape...
View ArticleThe $325,015 question: Who bought the federal building?
For a reporter, there's nothing worse than having an unanswered question. Especially if it's a big one. And that's what I have, as I sit here at the end of the day Wednesday, just a half hour or so...
View ArticleFiling day: More comments from the candidates
So much more was said Tuesday that I couldn't fit into the printed edition from the first day of candidate filings that I thought I'd take a few minutes to share them with you here. Obviously, the big...
View ArticleThe anti-vasectomy bill
Last week, the Missouri House passed a resolution denouncing President Obama's mandate that birth-control coverage be included on health insurance policies. The resolution doesn't really accomplish...
View ArticleNeal E. Boyd re-entering Missouri House race?
Neal E. Boyd is dropping a few hints that he may be poised to re-enter the Missouri House race, after {http://www.semissourian.com/story/1778511.html dropping out five months} ago citing weight...
View ArticleHate speech or humor? Lichtenegger criticized for Facebook post
State Rep. Donna Lichtenegger has come under fire for a Facebook post that she shared that jokes about such things as same sex marriage being "legalized perversion" and multicultural communities being...
View ArticleFirst look at map that shows where deer-related accidents happen
{http://www.semissourian.com/files/deer-accidents.pdf Click here to download an enlarged PDF version of the map} Cape Girardeau officials are preparing an ordinance that would make it illegal to feed...
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