October 2021

Roadwork planned for Routes 3, 150 in Randolph Co.

CHESTER – The Illinois Department of Transportation Thursday announced that Illinois Route 3 from Illinois Route 150 to one mile south of Pleasant Hill Road and Illinois Route 150 from Illinois Route 3 to Murphysboro will be restricted to one lane beginning Monday, November 1, 2021, weather permitting.  This work is necessary to complete pavement […]

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Rep. Jason Smith calls on Biden Administration to withdraw authoritarian federal vaccine mandate

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) and House Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (KY-01), in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), excoriated the Biden Administration over its efforts to shortchange the federal rulemaking process in order to impose a national vaccine mandate on employers

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Missouri REALTORS® September 2021 Market Statistics Report

COLUMBIA – Missouri REALTORS® is pleased to share with you a monthly statistics report highlighting the Missouri real estate market for the month of September, including quarterly results. In the month of September, Missouri REALTORS® sold 9,020 residential properties. Of those sales, the average residential property sold for $265,715. Compared to the average sale price of

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Missouri deer hunters asked to collect ticks for research study

JEFFERSON CITY – With deer hunting under way in Missouri, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and A.T. Still University in Kirksville are asking deer hunters to save ticks they find on harvested deer and mail them to the University. The ticks will be used for a scientific research study to help better understand the

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Illinois House changes Health Care Right of Conscience Act

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — In late-night floor action Wednesday the Illinois House of Representatives voted and passed SB1169, a bill to change language in the Health Care Right of Conscience Act. The changes were drafted in response to an increased call for vaccine mandates in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. State Representative David Friess (R-Red Bud) had

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Executive order will fight federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates

JEFFERSON CITY – Governor Mike Parson announced yesterday that he has issued Executive Order 21-10 to protect the individual rights of Missourians against overreaching federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates.  Governor Parson released the following statement regarding the Order: “As the Governor of the State of Missouri, I stand with concerned Missourians and will do all I can

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Ashcroft supports students during, after school day

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft visited two schools in Nixa, Missouri yesterday to show his support for student learning after the school day is over.  Ashcroft exchanged ideas with students at Summit Intermediate and High Pointe Elementary as part of Lights on Afterschool, a national observance where 1 million people participate

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Ste. Gen aldermen give first round approval to re-zoning

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Board of Alderman gave first round approval to a rezoning of the northwestern corner of 175 Coyne Street at its meeting last night. The owner of the property requested the rezoning from single family residential to general commercial district. The rezoning had been previously recommended for approval by the

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