JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Every March 1, hundreds of die-hard anglers line the banks at one of Missouri’s trout parks for opening day of catch-and-keep trout season. In past years, anglers have faced frigid winter temperatures, snow, sleet and ice, as well as sunshine and springlike weather, all in the attempt to catch an elusive […]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Recently, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway received the Missouri Lawyers Media’s 2026 Influential Lawyer award. Attorney General Hanaway also recognized Assistant Attorney General Wensdai Brooks, who received the Missouri Lawyers Media’s 2026 Influential Appellate Advocates award for her outstanding service to the State of Missouri defending felony criminal convictions, including those involving violent
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Representative Ray Reed (D–St. Louis) today issued the following statement honoring the life and legacy of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who passed away this week. “Today, we pause to honor the life and legacy of Jesse Jackson, a moral giant of our time, a son of Greenville, South
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FULTON, Mo. – America’s National Churchill Museum (ANCM) on the campus of Westminster College is pleased to announce that Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe will deliver opening remarks during the March 5-7 80th anniversary commemoration of Winston Churchill’s “The Sinews of Peace” address, commonly known as the “Iron Curtain” speech. The governor’s welcoming address, part of the 2026 Churchill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – February is Earthquake Awareness Month, and the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) is encouraging Missourians to review their preparedness plans, including insurance, as more earthquake coverage options are becoming available across the state. DCI’s latest earthquake survey shows a growing number of insurance companies are offering earthquake coverage in Missouri, including in communities
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO – A citizens group, Preserve Montgomery County, LLC has filed a lawsuit in Cole County circuit court seeking to halt construction of a data center in Montgomery County. The proposed data center project requires the county to issue $35 billion in revenue bonds to fund the project with the data center
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Recent changes to the federal tax code have drawn attention for creating a new tax break for workers who earn tips. While often described as “no tax on tips,” the provision is more limited and more complicated than that phrase suggests, says Andrew Zumwalt, director of the University of Missouri’s Personal Financial
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri is set to host the 2026 Heartland Farm to School Institute June 2-4, 2026 in Excelsior Springs. The Heartland Farm to School Institute is offered in collaboration with Child Nutrition Program (CNP) partners from Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. This initiative is formally led by the Kansas Department of Education,
JEFFERSON CITY – As foreign animal diseases such as New World Screwworm, avian influenza and African swine fever continue to pose threats to the Missouri livestock industry, the Missouri Department of Agriculture encourages producers to create, or tighten, biosecurity plans on their farms. The first step in developing a biosecurity plan for your farm is
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JEFFERSON CITY – If you have always wanted to sell produce and other goods at the local farmers market, but you didn’t know where to begin, University of Missouri Extension can help, says MU Extension horticulture specialist Matthew Huchteman. MU Extension professionals and representatives from the Missouri Department of Agriculture will teach a five-part online
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