MO State News

DHSS and Gateway to Hope team up to address breast cancer concerns in Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Gateway to Hope, a homegrown nonprofit organization and breast cancer lifeline for low-income and underserved women in the state of Missouri, and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) are launching a new partnership to create better access to breast health care for Missourians. This new program, now available to Missourians […]

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MDC partners with MoIP for 2024 Callery pear buyback events

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Spring has sprung, and many Missouri plants and trees have already begun to bloom. Unfortunately, one invasive tree will be prominent along roadways and other open areas: the Callery pear tree.     Callery pears are easily spotted in spring in open natural areas and along roadsides, such as this one Jefferson

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Letter to the editor

Dear Editor: The presidential primary system in Missouri has been an aberration in this election year. Missouri’s Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, a Republican, forced a divergence from what had been the norm for decades in our primary process and, without doubt, this divergence must serve as a warning for the potential of a similar

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SBA Congratulates 2024 Missouri Small Business Person of the Year

WASHINGTON– The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced more details about the 2024 Small Business Persons of the Year from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam.     Missouri’s Small Business Person of the Year is Charles (Charlie) M. Downs III of Sugarfire Smokehouse. SBA St. Louis District

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Missouri Public Service Commission supports National ‘Fix-A-Leak Week’

JEFFERSON CITY—Water leaks in your home cost you money. The Missouri Public Service Commission, in partnership with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, reminds everyone to check their plumbing fixtures and irrigation systems each year in March during Fix-a-Leak Week.   According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), household leaks can waste

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MDC and CFM thank deer hunters, processors, and sponsors for sharing the harvest

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM) thank the thousands of Missouri deer hunters who donated 247,575 pounds of venison to the state’s Share the Harvest program this past deer season, including 5,394 whole deer.     MDC and CFM also thank the participating meat processors

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Governor Parson provides update on Missouri Deployment to Southern Border 

JEFFERSON CITY  – Missouri Governor Mike Parson has provided an update on Missouri personnel deployed to the Southern Border in Texas as part of Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star mission.   Eleven Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) troopers have been supporting the Texas Department of Public Safety on the Southern Border since March 1,

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Employer costs for employee compensation for the Regions – December 2023

KANSAS CITY – Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $38.48 per hour in the South to $52.32 in the Northeast in December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.   In the other two regions, hourly employer costs for employee compensation stood at $40.81

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Former public administrator responds to audit findings

JEFFERSON CITY — A whistleblower complaint alleging fiscal mismanagement by the former Ste. Genevieve County Public Administrator Robin Naeger has led to an audit report released this week by State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick that gives the office a rating of “poor.”   The following specific findings were reported in the audit. Each is followed by

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