MO State News

SEDALIA — Grammy-winning, multiplatinum hip-hop superstar Nelly will take the State Fair Grandstand stage, presented by CFM Insurance, at the 2023 Missouri State Fair on Friday, Aug. 18. Tickets are $50 for track and $40 for grandstand. By now the story of Nelly’s meteoric rise to stardom is a well-known, oft-recited part of hip-hop history.

JEFFERSON CITY – Forty-seven percent (seasonally adjusted) of small business owners reported job openings they could not fill in the current period, according to NFIB’s monthly jobs report.   “The small business labor demand remained strong in February,” said NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg. “Small business owners are working to maintain competitive compensation and are raising compensation

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications from eligible public water systems for its Abandoned Well Plugging Grant program through April 30, 2023. The program offers up to $15,000 per project to properly plug abandoned water wells located within or near a groundwater-based public water system’s service area or

Are you ready for some “inside baseball” discussion about the political process? I hope so, because I feel I need to explain what’s going on in Jefferson City, and why we haven’t been able to bring an issue that’s important to me, and a lot of Missourians, to a vote. This week, I’d like to

When I became Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, I promised that I’d partner with the American people to deliver solutions to the many crises facing families, farmers, and millions of working-class Americans. That’s why I brought the Ways and Means Committee to Yukon, Oklahoma, last week to hear directly from working Americans

JEFFERSON CITY — The following statement is from Susan Klein, Executive Director of Missouri Right to Life:   Missouri Right to Life has worked tirelessly for 49 years to regulate abortion and stop the killing of unborn children here in Missouri. We were successful in saving unborn children from the scourge of abortion with the

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. – Earthquake experts from across the region will gather at Rone Exhibition Hall in Portageville, Missouri, on Thursday, March 16, 2023, for the 5th Annual Earthquake Summit. Located in Southeast Missouri’s Bootheel, Portageville is in the heart of the New Madrid Seismic Zone.    Hundreds of attendees from across the region will gather to learn the