MO State News

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources thanks all those who participated in the topic solicitation and discussion related to the upcoming 2028 Listing Methodology Document (LMD). The department greatly values public participation in the development of each LMD.   The department will hold a public meeting on Monday, May 18, 2026, from 10 […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway joined a coalition of 23 state attorneys general in asking the Supreme Court to leave in place a lower court’s stay of a federal regulation that removed the longstanding in-person dispensing requirement for the chemical abortion drug mifepristone. The stayed rule, issued in 2023 by the Biden-era

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, sent a letter to UCLA Chancellor Dr. Julio Frenk and UCLA Dean Michael Waterstone demanding answers following recent violations of students’ First Amendment and civil rights following the disruption of a student event hosted by the Federalist Society. On April

BOSTON, Mass. – Average gasoline prices in Missouri have risen 17.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.18/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 48.0 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.35/g higher than a year ago. The national average price

Column by Rob Jones, director of Integrated Marketing Communications, University of Missouri Extension, and Sarah Kennedy, field specialist in community development, MU Extension.   When we talk about infrastructure, most people think of roads, bridges, and broadband. Those systems matter because they connect people to opportunity and allow businesses to operate efficiently. Childcare plays a

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows turkey hunters checked 45,475 birds during Missouri’s 2026 regular spring turkey season, April 20 through May 10. Top harvest counties for the regular season were Macon with 979 birds harvested, Callaway with 926, and Franklin with 879.   Ste. Genevieve County hunters

PARK HILLS – The Board of Trustees of Mineral Area College will meet Thursday in the VanHerck Boardroom has been relocated to Office Suite 1200 at the Academic Hall Concourse. Click for Map   Most of the meeting will be open to the public.   The tentative agenda for the meeting:   Board of Trustees Meeting

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a woman received minor injuries when she jumped from a moving car and was run over by one of the car’s tires.   The report says the incident happened Thursday on an on-ramp to I-55.   The driver of the car was not injured.   The