October 2022

COSLHS FFA members attend Leadership Training School

EVANSVILLE, Ill. – Members of the FFA Chapter at Christ Our Savior Lutheran High School in Evansville started the week at Leadership Training School in Wesclin. Those attending LTS were Davin Dethrow, Alex Bixby, Alyssa Heimann, Charlie Rahlfs, Christine Liefer and Isaac Luebkemann.   Students worked together with other chapters in Section 22 to learn […]

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Illinois Freedom Caucus launches weekly virtual town halls

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Freedom Caucus recently held a virtual town hall on the SAFE-T Act and is today announcing they will be hosting similar virtual town halls each week on Tuesdays to help Illinois residents better understand the issues facing the state and nation.    In addition to the members of the Illinois Freedom

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Local highway safety heroes honored at annual conference

COLUMBIA – Eleven individuals and organizations were recognized at this year’s Highway Safety and Traffic Conference for their efforts in moving Missouri towards zero roadway fatalities. The Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety holds the event each year to support Show-Me Zero, Missouri’s strategic highway safety plan. The awards are given to four statewide individuals or

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MDC offers prescribed-burn certification for land management

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites landowners, land managers, and contractors to harness the power of prescribed fire to both achieve their land-management goals and benefit native plants and wildlife through the updated training —  Prescribed Burning for Missouri Land Managers.   Prescribed burning mimics the historical occurrence of fire that

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Missouri ranks nationally in the Top 2 for IT WorkForce Planning

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The State of Missouri’s Information Technology Division (ITSD) is being nationally-recognized as one of the top two states in the country for “IT Workplace Planning” because of its efforts to address the need for a skilled IT workforce today and into the future. The Center for Digital Government provided Missouri with the

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Missouri schools set to receive more than $15 Million from Blunt-backed bipartisan Safer Communities Act

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor/HHS), today announced that Missouri will receive more than $15 million in school safety funding from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.   “As a parent and grandparent, I know that school safety

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Missouri’s agricultural organizations issue joint statement regarding Tiger Connector Project

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – – – Late last week, the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, the Missouri Corn Growers Association, the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation, the Missouri Pork Association, and the Missouri Soybean Association filed applications to intervene with the Public Service Commission (PSC) to oppose Grain Belt Express’ Tiger Connector high-voltage transmission line project, proposed to span

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