MO State News

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Transportation is helping build future leaders by encouraging youth to explore careers at MoDOT. The department invites students across Missouri to apply for the 2026 Youth Transportation Conference (YTC) in Jefferson City. Each year, MoDOT sponsors this event to give students the opportunity to apply STEM concepts learned in […]

JEFFERSON CITY, MO — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is looking for non-profit organizations throughout the state to help feed thousands of children who would otherwise have no access to healthy meals during the summer months and during times of public emergencies, when children do not have access to free or reduced-price

By Jason Smth, member of Congress   WSHINGTON, D.C. – For too many American families, workers, and seniors, health care is increasingly unaffordable, with double digit premium increases now going into effect on an annual basis. When many Americans think of health insurance, they think of higher costs, soaring deductibles, denied claims, and increased stress

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – On Friday, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her office had secured a guilty verdict against Kenneth Lee Simpson for the shooting death of a law enforcement officer.   A jury found Simpson guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree assault, two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of a weapon,

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – A helicopter carrying three Missouri state parks team members and a private pilot crashed into the Meramec River Thursday.   The state park team members were conducting an aerial ecological survey of Meramec State Park when the aircraft may have struck a powerline.   All those aboard the helicopter were rescued from

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – To defend our fundamental right to representation in government, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed the most significant election lawsuit in a generation. This first-in-the-nation suit was filed against the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Census Bureau for unconstitutionally allowing illegal aliens to commandeer the path to The White

WASHINGTON — Amid agitators trying to sow chaos in Minnesota, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) spoke on the Senate floor to defend the Trump administration’s deportation efforts and condemn Democrats’ inflammatory rhetoric, which is fueling an unprecedented rise in violence against ICE.   In his speech, Senator Schmitt argued that the unrest in Minneapolis was the predictable consequence

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation (MCHF) invite both new and experienced birders to join the 2026 Missouri Birding Challenge (MBC) May 1-22! Registration will be open April 1-30.   In preparation for the 2026 MBC, join MDC and