JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority (MASBDA) announced it has invested more than $2 million in projects that increase the distribution and use of higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel in the State of Missouri. Expenses incurred during the construction, installation, upgrade, or retrofit of fuel dispensers/pumps, storage tanks and other […]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Rep. David Gregory, chairman of the Special Committee on Government Accountability, is leading the charge to investigate how we can protect Missouri’s electric grid from cyber-attacks and electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has raised new fears in the minds of Americans. With geopolitical tensions rising and
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Throughout the country, an extremely infectious disease called highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been circulating rapidly among flocks of chicken and turkeys. While the disease poses little risk to humans, it presents a serious threat to infected birds as well as the nation’s poultry industry, which is already facing supply chain
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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Community Service Commission (MCSC) announced today the recent appointment of three new commissioners to its board: Abigail Bidwell, of Kirksville, Samantha Ferguson Knight, of St. Louis, and Dr. Robin Smith, of Jackson. Commissioners are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Missouri Senate, and provide oversight and strategic vision for
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Calling Missouri birders who know their birds by sight and sound! The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) needs volunteers to assist with four vacant bird-observation routes in Missouri as part of the 2022 North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) May 27 – July 7. The four Missouri BBS routes that need volunteers are
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JEFFERSON CITY — State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for March 2022 increased 42.6 percent compared to those for Match 2021, from $650.2 million last year to $926.9 million this year. Net general revenue collections for 2022 fiscal year-to-date increased 5.6 percent compared to March 2021, from $7.85
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Farm Bureau (MOFB) has announced the hiring of Davin Althoff as the organization’s new Director of Marketing and Commodities. Althoff joins MOFB following nearly five years at the Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) where he served as the director of the Agriculture Business Development Division. “We’re thrilled to welcome Davin
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Missouri Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02), Chair of the House Suburban Caucus, along with Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Jim Costa (CA-16), and Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) introduced a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Victims of Child Abuse Act (VOCAA). The legislation provides funding to Children’s Advocacy Centers to help victims of child abuse and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry are suing the Biden Administration for rescinding the public health policy, Title 42, during the worst border crisis in decades. The revocation will result in an unprecedented crisis at the United States southern border that will have
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s Securities Division is seeking a final order from Commissioner David Minnick for $200,000 in civil penalties and other remedies against California-based Until Tomorrow Drivetrains, LLC and Dennis R. Di Ricco. Between December 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017, Until Tomorrow Drivetrains, LLC and Di Ricco, with the
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