MO State News

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Congressman Jason Smith, Republican Leader of the House Budget Committee, has issued the following statement after the Consumer Price Index showed inflation hitting a forty-year high for the fifth consecutive month, of 8.5 percent:   “President Biden’s inflation crisis has turned the American Dream into an unaffordable nightmare for working Americans. Biden’s policies are […]

ST. LOUIS –  Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri (GSEM) is pleased to announce Danielle Washington as its new Chief Program Officer (CPO) effective May 2, 2022. Danielle Washington   With over 15 years’ experience in the non-profit programming space, Washington has an extensive background in the design, development, implementation and management of programs positively impacting

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $1.1 million Clean Water State Revolving Fund Technical Assistance Grant to the Missouri Rural Water Association. The association will use the funding to provide assistance to small- and medium-sized publicly-owned treatment works.   The association will base its assistance on responses to a

JEFFERSON, Mo. — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced that on April 8, 2022, Wolfner Talking Book and Braille Library, a component of the Missouri State Library, surpassed 1,000 Wolfner-produced audiobooks approved by the Library of Congress for distribution through the Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) network.   According to the National Library Service for

By Holly Rehder, state senator When I first came to the Senate, I vowed to learn the ways of Missouri’s upper legislative chamber and figure out how things worked. Now, nearly two years later, I think I have a pretty good grasp of the situation. Every once and a while, though, things happen that just

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri State Representative Cody Smith and members of House Leadership want to help working Missourians afford the ever-increasing cost of living. Smith, who chairs the House Budget Committee, filed legislation (HB 3021) today that would create a one-time economic recovery tax credit for Missouri residents who paid personal income tax in the

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Join Katy Trail State Park team members to participate in the 2022 Ride with Missouri Legislators and officials from the capitol for a bike ride across the Missouri River to the Katy Trail at 12:30 p.m. Monday, April 25.   This approximately 6-mile ride will leave from the south Capitol steps, travel across

BOSTON, Mass. — Average gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 7.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.69/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 19.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.05/g higher than a year ago.   According to GasBuddy