MO State News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — In an effort to protect the Constitution, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 22 states in filing an amicus brief in the Colorado Supreme Court, arguing that the First Amendment protects Jack Phillips and his business, Mastercake Cakeshop, from being required to create a cake expressing a message […]

We are less than two weeks away from legislators throwing stacks of paper in the air to celebrate the end of the 2023 session of the Missouri General Assembly, and like every year, there are still a lot of bills in the air. Missouri Farm Bureau is focused on a few key issues as we

BOSTON, Mass. — Average gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 5.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.34/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 18.0 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 45.1 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The

JEFFERSON CITY — Governor Mike Parson announced 169 school districts and charter schools have received grants from the newly created School Safety Grant Program.   “Improving the safety and security of our schools is an issue we can all support, and these grants help ensure our schools remain safe environments for Missouri children to learn,” Governor

JEFFERSON CITY – Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, congratulates the following employees who were recognized for their actions at the awards ceremony April 29, 2023. This year’s award ceremony took place at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia, MO. “Our award winners are a reflection of the high

COLUMBIA, Mo. — While the coronavirus continues to infect people around the world, researchers at the University of Missouri have identified a specific protein inside the human body that plays a critical role in how the virus spreads from cell to cell after infection — a discovery that will help better understand the COVID-19 disease and

JEFFERSON CITY—Spire Missouri, Inc. (Spire) has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking a certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN) to construct, own, operate and maintain a natural gas distribution system providing natural gas service in Johnson County near Warrensburg, Missouri.   The requested CCN would be a further expansion of the

COLUMBIA, Mo.— The University of Missouri System is helping remove roadblocks for student entrepreneurs and increase venture capital investments in early-stage companies through a new, innovative partnership with Scale VC. Leveraging the successful Griggs Innovators Nexus in the MU Student Center, the collaboration will establish a business accelerator which will support early stage, growth-driven companies

It’s time to limit, save, and growAs any individual who’s ever had a credit card knows, when you max out your credit limit, your financial institution is not going to blindly bail you out with a higher credit limit. They’ll insist you make some changes in your behavior or you don’t get more credit. That’s