July 2026

Senator Burger’s Sovereign Immunity for Private Contractors Bill signed into law

JEFFERSON CITY – State Sen. Jamie Burger, R-Benton, announced Tuesday that the governor signed his priority legislation, Senate Bill 916, into law on July 13.   The new policy grants private contractors working with the Missouri Department of Transportation the same sovereign or governmental tort immunity as public entities.     “I am thankful for

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Youth Peace & Justice Foundation to Honor Gabbriana Boyster Through Trees for Peace Memorial Initiative

TEMPLE, Texas  — The Youth Peace & Justice Foundation has announced that 16-year-old Gabbriana Boyster of Jefferson County, Missouri, will be memorialized through the Foundation’s Trees for Peace initiative following her death.     The Foundation plans to dedicate a memorial tree in Gabbriana’s honor within Missouri’s Mark Twain National Forest as a lasting tribute

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An invitation to work together from MDC Director Jason Sumners: Our shared responsibility for the future

Last December, I wrote to you about the challenges of managing Missouri’s deer herd in the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) and our decision to pause targeted removal while we engaged with the public and considered the path forward. I promised your voices would matter. Over the past several months, we’ve had conversations with

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Attorney General Hanaway secures conviction of child abuser in Madison County

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has announced that a Madison County jury has convicted 54-year-old Roger Mickan of Fredericktown, of seven counts of Statutory Sodomy in the First Degree for events surrounding the repeated sexual abuse of a child that occurred in 2022. “This verdict gives the child and their family the

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