January 2023

Attorney General Bailey’s statement on the challenge to Missouri’s Pro-Life Law

JEFFERSON CITY, MO. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey released a statement on the attempt by out-of-state lawyers to halt the trigger law that outlawed abortion in Missouri.  The law went into effect on June 24, 2022 after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs decision.  “I want Missouri to be the safest state […]

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Bloomsdale Elementary holds Winter Welcome for new students

STE GENEVIEVE — New Bloomsdale Elementary School students had a wonderful time participating in their building’s Winter Welcome Event!   The New Student Welcome Leaders hosted the event. New students had the opportunity to meet one another and were introduced to building educators and the student leaders. Then, students went on a scavenger hunt to

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CDC honors Perryville and other Missouri public water systems for fluoridation quality

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The city of Perryville is one of several communities in Missouri being honored for fluoridating its tap water.   The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced today that the following community water systems have been awarded a Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and

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Department of Natural Resources awards $2.6 million to electric vehicle chargers

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources recently awarded approximately $2.6 million in funding for construction of electric vehicle charging stations. These projects will complete Missouri’s highway charging network plan under the Volkswagen Trust. The department issued the latest awards to the following three recipients: Francis Energy in Branson, Chillicothe, Farmington, Hannibal, Macon,

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EPA proposes to add environmental justice, climate Change, and PFAS to national enforcement

 LENEXA, KAN. (JAN. 19, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is seeking public comment on its proposal to address environmental justice, climate change, and PFAS contamination in its National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (NECIs).     Every four years, EPA selects national initiatives to focus resources on serious and widespread environmental

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Governor Parson signs Executive Order 23-01 establishing a Master Plan on Aging

JEFFERSON CITY – On Thursday, Governor Mike Parson signed Executive Order 23-01 to establish a Master Pan on Aging to help reduce age and disability discrimination, eliminate barriers to safe and healthy aging, and help Missourians to age with dignity.   Currently, there are more than 1.1 million Missouri citizens over the age of 60.

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Jacob Anderson of French Village named to Harding University Dean’s List

SEARCY, Ark.– Jacob Anderson, a sophomore, studying history and political science, is among more than 1,200 Harding University students included on the dean’s list for grades achieved during the fall 2022 semester. The dean’s list is published each semester by Dr. Marty Spears, University provost, honoring those who have achieved high scholarship. To be eligible,

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Lucas Kunce on Josh Hawley ignoring the House GOP’s jumbo-sized national sales tax: Put down the pornography

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – On Thursday, Marine veteran Lucas Kunce is slamming Josh Hawley for his obsession with pornography, a fixation so consuming that it has even kept Josh silent on Republicans’ plan to institute a 30 percent national sales tax on every single Missourian.  “I get Josh Hawley is hyper-focused on pornography, but if this banker’s son gave a damn about the working class, he’d

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Luke Meyer of Ste. Genevieve named to University of Wisconsin-Stout Dean’s List

MENOMONIE, Wis. – A Ste. Genevieve man has been named to the University of Wisconsin-Stout Dean’s List for the fall 2022 semester.   To ahieve the honor, Luke Meyer who is a freshman studying for a BS Degree in Computer Science, was required to attain a grade point average of 3.5 or above.   UW-Stout,

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