JEFFERSON CITY – The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles will meet each other next weekend during Super Bowl LVII in Arizona, and a friendly wager placed between the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry is raising the stakes beyond just bragging rights. If the […]
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Transportation invites Missouri students in grades K-8 to help fight litter in Missouri – and to have creative and educational fun – by participating in the 2023 “Yes You CAN Make Missouri Litter-Free” trash-can-decorating contest. The contest is part of MoDOT’s annual “No MOre Trash!” statewide litter campaign,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Although relocating can be stressful, a new study at the University of Missouri found, on average, Black South Africans who migrated far away from home to find work reported better emotional well-being and were at lower risk for depression after the move. As mental health and internal migration continue to be understudied components of
Last week, I had the honor of speaking to Missourians gathered at the State Capitol for the 8th Annual Human Trafficking Awareness Day. As a member of Missouri’s Statewide Council on Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children and also the Missouri Rights of Victims of Sexual Assault Task Force, which studied human trafficking as
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ATCHISON COUNTY, Mo. – With wind energy growing increasingly common and more wind turbines dotting the landscape – especially in northwest Missouri – the threat to eagles and other birds is an increasing concern to conservation organizations and others. Birds have been hurt and killed after encountering the massive blades and air currents of wind turbines.
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BOSTON, Mass. Average gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 4.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.14/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 18.5 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 1.3 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Legislation to legalize sports wagering in Missouri will be heard in the Missouri House Committee on Emerging Issues on February 8th at 5 p.m. in House Hearing Room 6. If passed, the bill would allow Missouri to join the over thirty states that have legalized betting on sports “Missourians should
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, after several months of effort, is pleased with the progress of HB 903, which would change the laws regarding foreign ownership of agricultural land in Missouri. The bill has been released from committee and will now be placed on the perfection calendar for full house floor debate.
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey recapped his first month in office. He was sworn in as Missouri’s 44th Attorney General on January 3, 2022. “When sworn in as Missouri’s 44th Attorney General, I am committed to protecting the Constitution, enforcing the laws as written, defending the state, supporting the counties, and training the next
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