July 2022

Smith blasts Biden’s secretive $532 billion spending spree

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.) spoke on the House floor to slam President Biden for using executive actions to secretly put his radical agenda in place, footing taxpayers with a $532 billion bill with the stroke of a pen and without any input from Congress. In his fight to hold the administration […]

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Smith helps lead legislative effort to fight administration’s secretive inflationary spending

WASHINGTON – This week, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (Mo.), House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (N.Y.), and House Committee on Financial Services Republican Leader Patrick McHenry (N.C.) introduced the Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation (REIN IN) Inflation Act. The bill would require the administration to publish the inflationary impact of executive actions

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Ste. Genevieve Art Guild to host major quilt event honoring women’s creativity 

STE. GENEVIEVE – The idea of “something old, something new” has unique appeal. It suggests both past and present, invention and continuity. And next month the Ste. Genevieve Art Guild will embrace that duality with its first-ever quilt show and sale…an homage to one of our county’s lasting traditions. The tradition of creating beautiful (and

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Dale J. Thieret

Dale J. Thieret, 83, of Perryville, Missouri died Thursday, July 14, 2022. He was born April 10, 1939 in Perryville, MO to Howard J. and Bernice (L’Hote) Thieret. Dale and Aurelia Sauer were married April 11, 1959 in Perryville. She preceded him in death on March 9, 2009. He was a farmer and retired from

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Blunt joins Fox News’ Neil Cavuto to talk inflation, Dems’ reckless tax-and-spend spree 

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) joined Neil Cavuto on Fox News today to discuss Democrats’ push to pass a reckless tax-and-spend spree, which would drive skyrocketing inflation even higher.   CLICK HERE to Watch Blunt’s Interview   Following is a Transcript:   CAVUTO: Senator, obviously, what your colleague, Joe Manchin, is saying—the West Virginia Democrat, no

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Budweiser Stage Entertainment at the Missouri State Fair

  SEDALIA – Entertainment abounds at the 2022 Missouri State Fair.   The Homegrown Singer Contest, sponsored by Bimbo Bakeries USA, will be held on the Budweiser Stage. Singers from all over the state will compete in this vocal talent event bringing loads of fun, friendly and family entertainment.     While having Buckets of Fun

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Center urges USDA to reconsider use of carryover funds 

LYONS, NEBRASKA –  In its continued efforts to advocate for increasing access to conservation programs, the Center for Rural Affairs is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to move more funds into the hands of farmers and ranchers.    In a recent letter to the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Center addressed its management

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Dial 988 in Times of Crisis

By Holly Thompson Rehder Every American knows the three-digit phone number to reach police and fire services. When we dial 911 anywhere in the United States, an emergency dispatcher will answer the phone and we get help right away. Beginning July 16, a similar easy-to-remember telephone number, 988, will connect individuals with trained counselors who

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