December 2022

U.S. Small Business Administration to offer disaster loans with no interest and no payments for the first year

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s 33 million small businesses, announced the Agency will waive the interest rate for the first year on new disaster loans and extend the initial payment deferment period automatically to 12 […]

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Vicki Voigt named State of Missouri and Missouri Department of Natural Resources Team Member of the Month

JEFFERSON CITY — Vicki Voigt, geologic mapping unit chief with the Missouri Department of Natural Re-sources’ Division of Missouri Geological Survey, has been selected the State of Missouri and department Team Member of the Month for November 2022. Voigt was selected for her service to the department and her efforts coordinating the U.S. Geological Survey’s

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Thelma Inez Keller

A funeral will be held Monday, Dec. 12, 2021 for 91-year-old Thelma Inez Keller of Perryville, Mo. who passed away Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022 surrounded by her family at Independence Care Center. She was born November 16, 1931 in Arbyrd, Mo. to Willam “Bill” and Helen (Green) Yount, who both preceded her in death.  

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Keith Mueller

A funeral will be held Thursday, December 8, 2022 for 54-year-old Keith Michael Mueller of Ste. Genevieve who passed away Nov. 22, 2022.   He was born May 9, 1968, in St. Louis, a son of Darleen Mueller of Herculaneum and the late Eugene Mueller.   He is survived by two daughters: Hailey Mueller and

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50 states ranked most to least conservative

ALEXANDRIA, Virg. — The voting patterns of state lawmakers has reached a record new level of political polarization according to a just released analysis by the Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA). The comprehensive study examined all 7,400 state lawmakers from each of the 50 states, including over 265,000 individual votes across 3,500 different bills introduced

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Ashcroft goes to Washington to protect Missourians’ right to run their own elections

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — On Wednesday, December 7th, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft will be attending the oral argument in Moore v. Harper at the United States Supreme Court. Ashcroft was the first elected official to file an amicus brief, weighing in on the redistricting case that originated from North Carolina, having major implications

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Big temperature swings in November, which wraps up an otherwise mild fall

By Trent Ford, Illinois State Climatologist SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The preliminary statewide average November temperature was 42.3 degrees, 0.6 degrees above the 1991–2020 average and tied for 45th warmest on record going back to 1895. The preliminary statewide average total November precipitation was 1.92 inches, 1.40 inches below the 1991–2020 average and the 39th driest on record

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