JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Veterans Commission (MVC) essential caregivers will see a substantial pay increase effective March 1, thanks to House Bill 14 and a federal grant. Frontline staff who work in a Missouri Veterans Home as senior support care assistants and support care assistants will be receiving a one-time payment of over $900 in […]
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests. Among those listed as arrested: 33-year-old Tyrone B. Kiner of St. Charles at 9:49 a.m. Sunday on a Reynolds County warrant for fourth degree domestic assault. He was being held in the Ste. Genevieve County Jail pending the
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PERRYVILLE — Perry County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, in an open session Thursday evening, authorized and approved the lease between the trustees and Mercy. “This is an exciting time for Perry County to strengthen an already strong future of health care,” said Chris Wibbenmeyer, CEO of Perry County Health System. “The benefits of
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PERRYVILLE – Join us as Pamela teaches us how to create this fun Spring craft on Friday, March 24 @ 5pm. This class is for anyone 6+ years old. All materials are provided. Space available for only 14 students. The cost is $10/Member $12/Guest and the deadline is March 17th.
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Last week, House Republicans took an important step in our efforts to hold President Joe Biden accountable for his wasteful spending that is fueling the worst spike in prices in a generation. With the support of 59 Democrats, the House came together to pass my Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation (REIN IN) Inflation
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JEFFERSON CITY — Five of my bills were voted “Do Pass” in House committees this week: HB725, my “smash and grab” ATM bill, was voted “Do Pass” in a vote of 21 Ayes to 0 Noes by the Standing Committee on Crime Prevention & Public Safety. This bill adds damaging, destroying, or making inoperable, a
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URBANA-CHAMPAIGN – A four-day workweek pilot study in the U.K. was so successful recently that most companies in the experiment decided to keep the shortened week. Robert Bruno is a professor of labor and employment relations at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the director of the Project for Middle Class Renewal, a research-based initiative tasked with
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Six Southern Illinois University School of Law alumni recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to take oaths to become members of the U.S. Supreme Court bar, which means they are now eligible to present written briefs and argue cases before the nation’s highest court. Dean Camille Davidson presented each of
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JEFFERSON CITY — A 64-year-old man from St. Louis was hurt in a traffic crash on I-55 in Ste. Genevieve County Friday at 10:49 a.m. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Alfred L. Whitehead received minor injuries and was taken to Mercy Hospital – South by a Ste. Genevieve County ambulance. The patrol
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for February 2023 decreased 9.9 percent compared to those for February 2022, from $781.0 million last year to $703.5 million this year. Net general revenue collections for 2023 fiscal year-to-date increased 12.9 percent compared to February 2022, from
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