JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In an effort to enforce the laws as written and protect children throughout the state, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey directed a letter to Missouri School Board Association (MSBA) Executive Director Melissa Randol, urging MSBA to call on their members to adopt a model resolution pledging to uphold Missouri law on […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri and 11 other states bordering the Mississippi River are working together to address the different factors that together create seasonal dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico. Each partner state has developed and announced specific strategies that will be implemented over time using targeted federal funding. Last month, Missouri unveiled
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri State Representative Doug Richey has once again filed legislation to ensure employees of the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) are mandated reporters. Known as “Emilyn’s Law” the bill comes in response to a news story that revealed MSHSAA employees were not required to report allegations of sexual
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Department of Mental Health (DMH) recently released the Missouri Well-Being Playbook which shares strategies and resources to promote organizational wellness. It provides practices used in behavioral health and developmental disability state operated facilities and programs, as well as other diverse hospital and healthcare settings across the state. Though some topics
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COLUMBIA – As school safety remains a critical issue for students, teachers and families, researchers at the University of Missouri are using a $2 million grant from the Department of Justice to help identify and avert threats students or others may make on school grounds involving potential harm to themselves or others. The project,
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In an effort to enforce the laws as written, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and six other attorneys general sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and Director of Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young, urging the Biden Administration to follow the law and allow the EPA to
Attorney General Bailey sends letter urging the EPA to ease red tape around ethanol fuel
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KANSAS CITY – In 2022, union members accounted for 9.6 percent of wage and salary workers in Missouri, compared with 9.0 percent in 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the union membership rate for the state was at its peak with an average
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BOSTON, Mass. — Average gasoline prices in Missouri have risen 6.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.19/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 34.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 11.5 cents per gallon higher than a year ago.
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Under President Joe Biden’s leadership, Americans never seem to get a break from the spiraling prices they face. Now, they are beginning to see the price for gasoline rising higher and higher – again. This is troubling news for working-class families who are struggling just to put food on the table, clothes on their backs,
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Legislative activity was mostly focused on committee hearings this week as bills have not yet moved far enough through the process to merit floor debate in the Senate chamber. That will likely change next week as committees have begun voting on bills and sending legislation onto the full Senate for its consideration. This week, I
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