October 2021

JEFFERSON CITY – On October 12, 2021, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) was made aware that the personally identifiable information (PII) of three Missouri educators, which was located within the educator certification data available on DESE’s website, was potentially compromised. Through a multi-step process, a hacker took the records of at least three

By Megan Brown, Navy Office of Community Outreach KINGS BAY, Ga. – A Fredericktown, Missouri, native is serving aboard USS Alaska, one of the world’s most advanced nuclear-powered submarines. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amanda Rae Moreno Petty Officer 3rd Class Dakota Dowd, a 2014 Fredericktown High School graduate, joined the Navy three

LENEXA, Kansas – Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of the Army (the agencies) called on communities to propose roundtables to provide input on the regional implications of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). The regional roundtables will engage stakeholders representing diverse perspectives in meaningful dialogue to help inform the agencies’

KANSAS CITY, Kans. — Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.2 percent in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Food prices were up 1.0 percent in September and energy costs rose 0.9 percent. The all items less