April 2024

Business leaders and the Illinois Retail Merchants Association (IRMA) oppose legislation that would eliminate the tip credit in Illinois

CHICAGO – A new law proposed in Illinois would change wages for tipped workers across the state. Minimum wage would be mandated under the new law, forcing restaurants to restructure their operations.   At a Capitol press conference this week, State Representative Mike Coffey (R-Springfield) joined business leaders and the Illinois Retail Merchants Association (IRMA) […]

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Commentary: Broadband availability challenge underway

By Garrett Hawkins Missourians have an incredible opportunity and responsibility to impact how broadband deployment funds will be distributed across our state. For the first time, Missourians can provide on-the-ground feedback about which homes and businesses still lack access to reliable, high-speed broadband.  Nobody knows better which communities and rural areas are underserved than the

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Firefighters battled wildfire in the Devil’s Backbone Wilderness

ROLLA, Mo. —U.S. Forest Service fire fighters were building containment lines around a wildfire in the Devil’s Backbone Wilderness off Highway CC east of Dora, Mo. near the North Fork Recreation Area Saturday.   The wildfire was expected to be contained Saturday night. While containment was expected Saturday night, fire fighting operations in the area

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Foreign Adversary Divestment Act passes House Pensions Committee

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.– Representative Brian Seitz’s (R-Branson) House Bill 2143 passed the House Pensions committee on Tuesday, April 2. Referred to as the Foreign Adversary Divestment Act, H.B. 2143 would require state investments, such as pensions and public endowments, to divest from countries adversarial to the United States of America. Those identified as investors in adversarial countries would

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Listening session for cannabis research slated

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Article XIV § 2.4(1)(G)B allows for the provision of licenses intended to facilitate scientific research or education. In accordance with this authority, the Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) is taking a proactive step towards advancing cannabis research by hosting a listening session aimed at engaging the following stakeholders on this issue: Universities Clinical

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