March 2024

Missouri Disabled Sportsmen awarded Risberg Grant

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Disabled Sportsmean was one of several groups receving $1,000 Risberg grants during the recent Conservation Federation of Missouri affiliate luncheon.     “We’re honored and humbled to receive the funding and can’t thanks CFM enough for their continued support of Missouri based non-profits that are making a positive impact on

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Missouri House seeks to make it more difficult to amend the constitution

By Team Progress MO JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As the House begins debate on SJR74 – the resolution that would upend the initiative petition process as Missourians have known it – Missourians across the state are pushing back on attempts to undermine majority rule.   “I am dismayed that politicians in Jefferson City are attacking

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Mo State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick gives former Ste. Genevieve County public administrator a rating of ‘poor’

JEFFERSON CITY — A whistleblower complaint alleging fiscal mismanagement by the former Ste. Genevieve County Public Administrator Robin Naeger has led to an audit report released Wednesday by State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick that gives the office a rating of “poor.”   The new report details how Naeger failed to accurately document $2,724 in disbursements for

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New dashboard aids decisions regarding long term care facilities

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – A new dashboard has been developed to assist Missourians in locating long-term care facilities with bed and service availability.   “This resource will assist individuals looking for long-term care placement options specific to their needs in their desired area of the state,” said Missouri Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Director Jenny Hollandsworth.

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Shareholders ask Starbucks to protect employees from viewpoint discrimination — Company says Vote NO!

WASHINGTON, D.C./SEATTLE, WA – Shareholder activists from the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) were expected to present a proposal at Starbucks’ annual shareholder meeting (Proposal #5 ) that would require the Company to conduct an audit to determine the extent to which its “Partner Networks” (what are usually called Employee

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SIU Paul Simon Institute discussion to center on higher education reform

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Brian Rosenberg, president emeritus of Macalester College and visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, will join Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on Tuesday, March 19, for a virtual conversation about the difficulty of reform in higher education.     Rosenberg will join John Shaw, the

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United Ways Across Missouri receive $5 Million grant to help neighbors in need

CAPE GIRARDEAU — In partnership with the State of Missouri and the Missouri Association of United Ways, United Way of Southeast Missouri will assist to distribute a $5 million statewide grant given as TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) funds.   This one-time grant will help support the immediate basic needs of at-risk families in

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