MO Statehouse

Missouri college students and staff are being asked to donate a weekend or a holiday this semester and take part in ongoing relief efforts in Joplin.

On May 22, the southwest Missouri city was devastated by a massive tornado that killed more than 150 people.  A campaign called “Show Me U Care” is recruiting groups of students, faculty and staff from college campuses across Missouri to travel to Joplin and help rebuild homes and provide other needs.

A new report says Missouri's revenues are up 1.9 percent in the current fiscal year compared with the same time last year.

Tuesday's figures from the state Office of Administration cover the first three months of the 2012 budget year, which began July 1.

The report shows individual income taxes up 2.2 percent and sales tax revenue up 3.1 percent over the same period a year ago.

But corporate tax collections from July through September are down more than 20 percent.