Ashley Byrd

Columbia

Director of News Services at Missourinet

Veteran broadcast journalist who still loves to learn. I oversee amazing radio and web news networks in the Midwest. Good stories are everywhere.

Articles

Missouri Legislature passes KC stadium funding bill, leaders discuss next steps

2 weeks ago | missourinet.com | Ashley Byrd

In Jefferson City, the special legislative session ended in a show of bipartisanship as the House approved three Senate bills intact and sending them to the governor, including his request to come up with a funding plan to keep pro teams the Chiefs and Royals in Missouri. In a vote of 90 to 58, lawmakers agreed to give team owners a 30- year tax break up to $1.5 billion from sales inside the stadium and income taxes of players who travel to play there.
Missouri special session bill brings healing across party lines (LISTEN)

2 weeks ago | missourinet.com | Ashley Byrd

The special session of the Missouri Legislature ended in bipartisan agreements – one that was especially healing. Ashley Byrd explains.
Missouri Freedom Caucus Chair steps down after voting in favor of stadium bill

2 weeks ago | missourinet.com | Ashley Byrd

The Missouri Freedom Caucus the far-right wing group of Senate Republicans is at odds within itself after several members voted in favor of $1.5 billion in tax incentives to help pay for new or renovated stadiums. Harrisonville Senator Rick Brattin announced his resignation as leader of the Missouri Freedom Caucus on Friday, days after he voted for taxpayer funding for sports stadiums in Kansas City. The caucus is the far-right wing group of Senate Republicans.
Trump Admin seeks to dismiss Missouri AG's abortion pill lawsuit; Hawley disagrees

1 month ago | missourinet.com | Ashley Byrd

The Trump Administration is asking a federal judge to dismiss Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s lawsuit that seeks to restrict access to a popular abortion drug. The U.S. Supreme Court allowed access to the abortion drug last year. And last December, then-President-elect Donald Trump said he was committed to ensuring FDA access to mifepristone. A U.S. Justice Department brief says Bailey’s lawsuit was filed in Texas, which is not a plaintiff in the case.
Pope’s astronomer lectures in Missouri the day of Catholic leader’s death

2 months ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Ashley Byrd

Share On the day Pope Francis died, the Vatican’s astronomer gave a lecture on “faith and science” at Central Methodist University in Fayette. Brother Guy Consolmagno – a fellow Jesuit – spoke to Missourinet about his leader’s legacy. “Among all of the other accomplishments he had, he was a great theologian,” Consolmagno said. “He was actually a scientist.
Pope's astronomer lectures in Missouri the day of Catholic leader's death

2 months ago | missourinet.com | Ashley Byrd

On the day Pope Francis died, the Vatican’s astronomer gave a lecture on “faith and science” at Central Methodist University in Fayette. Brother Guy Consolmagno – a fellow Jesuit – spoke to Missourinet about his leaders legacy. “Among all of the other accomplishments he had, he was a great theologian,” Consolmagno said. “He was actually a scientist.
Mizzou, S. Korean partners launch NextGen reactor plan, to be largest capital investment in school history

2 months ago | missourinet.com | Ashley Byrd

The University of Missouri signed an agreement today to create what they call a roadmap for building a second nuclear reactor — not for power, but to increase its production of cancer-fighting radioactive isotopes. The NextGen MURR (MU Research Reactor) and its support infrastructures comprise of the largest capital investment in the university’s history. President Mun Choi said that investment will pay off.
Missouri State economist on tariffs: Not great news, but don’t overreact (LISTEN)

2 months ago | missourinet.com | Ashley Byrd

Last weeks latest tariffs against trading partners with the U.S. have left some economists scratching their heads—and that includes Professor David Mitchell director of the Center for Economic Education at Missouri State University. He tells Ashley Byrd that consumers must be careful about one thing:
Hands Off protests held across Missouri despite rain

2 months ago | missourinet.com | Ashley Byrd

A nationally- coordinated protest against the recent policies of President Donald Trump took place across the U.S. Saturday, with Missourians weathering all-day rain to join in. “Hands-Off!” protests were staged in towns including O’Fallon, Joplin, Columbia, Camdenton, St. Joseph, Springfield, St. Louis, and Rolla. About 600 gathered on the State Capitol steps in Jefferson City. Thousands filled Country Club Park in Kansas City, as KMBC reports.
MODOT busy with road flooding in southern Missouri, 150 roadways closed

2 months ago | missourinet.com | Ashley Byrd

Crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation are busy with roadway flooding, mainly in southern counties. Chris Engelbrecht, the director of MoDOT’s Safety & Emergency Management Division says by late Sunday afternoon, approximately 150 roadways were closed. MODOT’s list of state roads closed because of flooding “We’ve seen a lot of impacts, of course, in the West Plains area with US 63, which continues to be closed at this point.