By Jason Smith, Member of Congress As the year comes to a close, families across Missouri’s Eighth District are doing what they always do this time of year: taking stock of household budgets and getting ready for the new year. As we turn the page into 2026, many families will start seeing relief immediately that […]
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO, DEC 22, 2025 – Jan. 1 will ring in America’s semiquincentennial and signal the annual First Day Hikes. The America’s State Parks organization invites you to join in on one or more of the 1,000 plus events taking place at state parks. Many of Missouri’s state parks and historic sites will hold
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As a young boy growing up in rural Missouri, many days were spent outdoors enjoying wild places and wild critters. At a young age, I became fascinated with the graceful ghost of our forest, the white-tailed deer. This fascination fueled a life-long pursuit to learn everything I could about this iconic species. After graduating
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri State Highway Patrol Superintendent Colonel Michael A. Turner, announces effective January 1, 2026, Lieutenant Gregory D. Primm will be promoted to the rank of captain and will serve as the commander of Troop A. Primm was appointed to the Patrol on October 16, 2001, as a member of the
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) continues to support Missourians in their efforts to quit tobacco through a new state-specific cessation information website, www.YouCanQuit.org Missourians can find cessation information related to the stage of quitting they are in, teen vaping resources, information about incentives for quitting while
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) continues to support Missourians in their efforts to quit tobacco through a new state-specific cessation information website, www.YouCanQuit.org Missourians can find cessation information related to the stage of quitting they are in, teen vaping resources, information about incentives for quitting while
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri State Highway Patrol Motor Vehicle Inspector Cory Boatright was honored today after being named Missouri State Team Member of the Month for November 2025 for his decisiveness and leadership in the rescue of a motorists from a burning vehicle. On July 2, 2025, as Boatright was driving to work, he
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Fletcher Bone, an environmental program specialist with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Missouri Geological Survey, is the department’s Team Member of the Year for 2025. The department selected Bone for his efforts to assist the Missouri community of Fair Play with potential issues related to its wastewater treatment facility.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has announced that a judge has handed down the decision that Alfred Montgomery is to be immediately and completely removed from the position of Sheriff and that the costs of the suit are to be taxed to Montgomery. “Corruption in public office must not be tolerated. The
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has joined a coalition of 50 attorneys general announcing a $149,673,750 settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and Mercedes-Benz Group AG for violating states’ laws prohibiting unfair or deceptive trade practices by marketing, selling, and leasing vehicles equipped with illegal and undisclosed emissions defeat devices designed to circumvent emissions standards.
