March 2024

Workers to demand passage of ‘clean slate’ record expungement bill at Mo State Capitol

MO State News, News /

JEFFERSON CITY – Low-wage workers with Missouri Workers Center and community allies are scheduled to be in Jefferson City today for a Lobby Day for bipartisan Clean Slate Initiative legislation that, if passed, would grant more than half a million Missourians automatic expungement of eligible arrest and conviction records.   Two versions of the policy […]

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Jonathan Ray Berner

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A memorial service will be held Wednesday, March 13, 2024 for 70-year-old Jonathan Ray Berner of Chester, Illinois, who passed away Saturday, March 9, 2024 at his residence. He was born December 24, 1953 in Belleville, Illinois, a son of Edward James and Shirley Eline (nee Harris) Berner who preceded him in death. He married

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Are you ready to Spring into action on Mark Twain National Forest?

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ROLLA, Mo.–The big event coming up in the spring of 2024 is the total solar eclipse on April 8. That coincides with youth turkey hunting season, so we ask that visitors and hunters be aware, be courteous, and be cautious. Visitors, please ensure you are wearing safety orange if you want to venture in the

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Cape Girardeau man sentenced to serve more than 14 years in federal prison for selling fentanyl

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CAPE GIRARDEAU – The United States Attorney’s Office has announced that 47-year-old Jimmy L. Hudson, Jr. of Cape Girardeau, Mo. has been sentenced to serve 175 months in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl.   Hudson appeared for a sentencing hearing last week before United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. at the federal

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DoIT’s Office of Supplier Diversity launches mini-webinar series for small businesses to conduct business with the State of Illinois

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology’s (DoIT) Office of Supplier Diversity, in collaboration with BMO Bank, invites small businesses to participate in their “EmpowerBiz” mini-webinar series as part of the “Leveraging Diversity in Technology Procurement” educational series.   “Through this webinar series, we aim to equip small businesses with the knowledge and strategies

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Illinois HFS to proceed with health benefits for immigrants

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) will begin annual redeterminations, or eligibility verifications, for Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults (HBIA) and Health Benefits for Immigrant Seniors (HBIS) program enrollees. This process will mirror the redetermination process used in the traditional Medicaid program to ensure those enrolled remain eligible. In addition,

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Intervention deadline set in Spire Missouri, Inc. request

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JEFFERSON CITY–Spire Missouri, Inc. (Spire) has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking to change Spire’s transportation service tariff language for gas service.   Applications to intervene and participate in this case must be filed no later than March 12, 2024, with the Secretary of the Missouri Public Service Commission, P.O. Box

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