February 2025

SIU’s Paul Simon Institute director to discuss statesmanship at U.N. book event

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CARBONDALE, Ill. — John Shaw, director of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, will discuss statesmanship and diplomacy on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the United Nations Bookshop in New York City. Shaw will discuss his recently published book, “The Education of a Statesman: How Global Leaders Can Repair a Fractured World,” with […]

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Social Security announces change to improve agency operations and strengthen protections

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Social Security Administration is announcing an organizational realignment of the functions provided by its Office of Analytics, Review, and Oversight (OARO). These functions remain critical to ensure the programs Social Security administers are of high quality and effective, that SSA uses the latest tools to recommend opportunities to improve the programs,

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Social Security slashes cooperative agreements

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WASHINGTON. D.C. – The Social Security Administration has announced the termination of their Retirement and Disability Research Consortium (RDRC) cooperative agreements. This action supports the President’s Executive Order, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing. “Terminating our RDRC cooperative agreements aligns with President Trump’s priorities to end fraudulent and wasteful initiatives and contracts,” said

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Working in a Winter Wonderland

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By Mike Henderson, Missouri State Senator Snow! Love it or loathe it, we’ve gotten a lot of it! While many Missourians are making snowmen, snow angels, snowballs, snow ice cream and snow forts, the Senate has been burning the midnight oil inside the warm and inviting Missouri Capitol! Committed to delivering results for Missourians, we’ve

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Shirley Ann Narens

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A funeral will be held Tuesday, February 25, 2025 for 90-year-old Shirley Ann Narens of Perryville, Missouri who passed away Thursday, February 20, 2025 at Independence Care Center of Perry County. She was born July 29, 1934 in St. Louis, MO to William and Irene (Sharp) Rudloff who both preceded in death. She and Leo

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Ruth B. Surman

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A funeral will be held Wednesday, February 26, 2025 for 92-year-old Ruth B. Surman of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 5:06 pm, Thursday, February 20, 2025 at Independence Care Center, Perryville, Missouri.   She was born March 22, 1933 in Vergennes, Illinois, to Gerhardt and Alma (nee Porter) Wohlwend who both preceded her in death.

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