MO State News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Governor Parson has proclaimed May 2022, as Mental Health Awareness Month in Missouri.    The Department of Mental Health (DMH) in partnership with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Missouri, as well as other agencies, are committed to sharing resources, providing treatment and help to those in need, and promoting […]

JEFFERSON CITY – After more than 40 years as the state designated guaranty agency in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program, the Missouri Student Loan Program will exit the FFEL program. The Missouri Student Loan Program is located within the Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD). The United States Department of

By Jason Smith, member of Congress Under Joe Biden, no aspect of our lives is safe from the long reach of federal bureaucrats who are more interested in imposing their own values on Missourians than they are in improving our lives and livelihoods. If there’s one area that should be free from politics, it’s the

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri today announced a $1.8 million gift from Sue and Irl Engelhardt to the Heartland Scholars Academy in the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business. The gift will provide first-generation, rural students with the tools and skills needed to achieve academic success at Mizzou.   The Heartland Scholars

The Great Balancing Act   Missouri’s Constitution requires the Legislature to pass a balanced budget each year. The Senate third read and passed its version of the $45 billion operating budget for Fiscal Year 2023 this week, which includes expenditures of the federal funds Missouri received in response to the pandemic. I’m pleased to report

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Today, Missouri, Louisiana, Arizona, and 11 other states filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration for their proposed asylum rule change at the Southern border that largely removes federal immigration judges from the asylum review process and instead gives asylum officers within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unprecedented authority to grant

JEFFERSON CITY — With Missouri’s childcare shortage costing the state an estimated $1.35 billion, lawmakers are continuing to advance an innovative budget proposal to help parents re-enter the workforce.   The budget passed by the Missouri Senate on April 28 establishes new funding to help private employers form partnerships with childcare providers or establish new

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has announced the findings of an investigation done by his office relating to claims of misconduct involving the Monroe County Clerk.   After complaints were received and the findings verified, a statement of probable cause was sent to the Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office.   County Clerk

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri House of Representatives is looking to further increase trade relations with our ally across the Atlantic, the United Kingdom.   This week, the House approved a resolution calling on the United States Congress to grant trade promotion authority to the executive branch, and asks the executive branch to complete a timely