MO State News

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)

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri joins transportation and emergency response agencies nationwide in honoring the state’s first responders during National Crash Responder Safety Week, which runs Nov. 2–6. This week recognizes the dedicated men and women who often work just feet from moving traffic, reminding travelers that moving over and slowing down can save lives. Missourians

Friday, the Trump Administration announced $39.7 million in Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) funding to modernize rural healthcare services and expand access to care across Missouri. This investment will support 26 rural healthcare providers as they renovate, reconfigure, equip, or repurpose existing facilities, to expand maternal health, behavioral health, diagnostic, outpatient, and chronic disease management

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, OCT. 30, 2026 – Governor Mike Kehoe has signed a proclamation declaring Nov. 1-7, 2025, as Water and Wastewater Professionals Week in Missouri. The Governor’s proclamation recognizes the vital work that water and wastewater professionals do to keep Missourians healthy and our communities strong. The proclamation highlights the important contributions made by

The Mountain-Plains Information Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today released Business Employment Dynamics in Missouri – First Quarter 2026. Regional Commissioner James B. Howard, Jr. noted these Missouri highlights:                    In Missouri, from December 2025 to March 2026, private industry establishments gained 139,141 gross jobs, while losing 133,205 gross jobs, resulting