MO State News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her office has sued four retailers operating in Missouri for allegedly selling marijuana products falsely marketed as hemp and deceptively presenting themselves as lawful cannabis dispensaries. The lawsuits come as General Hanaway secured a complete victory in defense of Missouri’s law closing the so‑called […]

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – State Budget Director Trevor Foley announced today that net general revenue collections for October 2026 decreased 2.5 percent compared to those for October 2025, from $967.1 million last year to $943.1 million this year. Net general revenue collections for 2027 fiscal year-to-date increased 2.4 percent compared to October 2025, from $3.97

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.– The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is again asking deer hunters to have their deer sampled for chronic wasting disease (CWD). Hunters play a critical role in helping MDC monitor the disease and health of Missouri’s deer herd. CWD is a contagious, deadly brain disease of white-tailed deer and other members of

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) has set a November 23, 2026, deadline to intervene in a rate case filed by Spire Missouri Inc. d/b/a Spire requesting to change its natural gas base rates.On November 2, 2026, Spire filed tariff sheets with the Commission seeking approval of a net increase in

The Missouri State Highway Patrol would like to remind the public that driver examination stations throughout the state will be closed on the following dates: Wednesday, November 11, 2026, in observance of Veterans’ Day. Thursday, November 26, 2026, in observance of Thanksgiving. For more news, follow the Missouri State Highway Patrol on X @MSHPTrooperGHQ

COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri students will have more opportunities to study American democracy on an international stage thanks to a new $25 million grant from Kinder Foundation®. The five-year commitment will strengthen research, expand faculty expertise and support graduate students at Mizzou’s Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy. It will also expand the institute’s

October 30, 2026 As this Congress nears its end, I am proud of the wins I have delivered for working families, small businesses, and family farms in southeast and south central Missouri. Every fight I have taken on this Congress comes back to one goal: making life more affordable and safe for the people I

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports Missouri hunters harvested 36 black bears during the state’s sixth bear hunting season, Oct. 17-30. More than 5,200 hunters applied during May for 2,000 permits for the season with the maximum allowable harvest being 60 bears. Of the 2,000 hunters selected through a random

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trump Administration recently announced more than $12.5 million in federal investment to modernize rural health care services and expand access to care in Missouri’s 8th Congressional District. This funding is part of the Rural Health Transformation Program’s (RHTP) historic $50 billion investment in rural health care which Rep. Jason Smith (MO-08)