MO State News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Yesterday, in the lawsuit originally filed by Missouri, Louisiana, and Arizona against the Biden Administration for their proposed cancellation of Title 42, the Court announced its intention to grant a Temporary Restraining Order in the case, which is expected to keep Title 42 in place until further court proceedings. Missouri Attorney General Eric […]

BOSTON, Mass. — Average gasoline prices in Missouri have risen 9.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.79/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 3.0 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.13/g higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price

JEFFERSON CITY — Governor Mike Parson joined the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations yesterday to host the annual Worker’s Memorial Day Ceremony at the Missouri State Capitol to honor the 116 individuals that lost their lives in 2021 due to a Missouri workplace illness or injury.   “We ask all Missourians to join

By Jason Smith, member of Congress After two years of evidence from COVID lockdown policies and restrictions, we’ve learned three things pretty clearly. First, we’ve learned that states and cities that locked down harmed their own citizens through reduced job opportunities and mental health challenges associated with isolation. Second, we have learned that the Biden administration

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri State Representative Dale Wright has released his latest Capitol Report. DALE WRIGHTS CAPITOL REPORT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced the winner of the department’s 2022 Earth Day slogan contest. Mahamud Mahamud, a fifth grade student from Kansas City International Academy, won first place with the slogan, “May the forest be with you.” Mahamud was among more than 700 Missouri fifth graders who entered the

House Approves Tax Relief Package for Missouri Taxpayers (HB 3021) Missourians who pay income tax are one step closer to receiving substantive relief from their income tax burden. We approved legislation to create a one-time economic recovery tax credit for Missouri residents who paid personal income tax in the state for 2021. This is an attempt to

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The DeBruce Foundation has announced a graduation gift for every student in the Class of 2022. The Graduation Toolkit is a collection of online career tools to help graduates identify their work skills, explore job opportunities, and make a plan for their future.   After piloting the Graduation Toolkit regionally in 2020 and 2021,

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House of Representatives has given first round approval to an egregious, anti-business bill that seeks to benefit trial attorneys at the expense of Missouri’s job creators.   House Bill 1692 would create the grounds for a potential flood of lawsuits in Missouri, allowing trial attorneys to target businesses over employer

JEFFERSON CITY— The Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP), in partnership with Forest ReLeaf of Missouri, will host a Callery pear “buy-back” program in five locations around Missouri and one in Kansas on April 26. The program is sponsored by FedEx and supported by the Missouri Department of Conservation and Forrest Keeling Nursery. Participants must register by tomorrow,