MO State News

JEFFERSON CITY– The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index decreased in March by 2.4 points to 93.2, the third consecutive month below the 48-year average of 98. Thirty-one percent of owners reported that inflation was the single most important problem in their business, up five points from February and the highest reading since the first quarter of 1981. […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – On Tuesday, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that the Attorney General’s Office has reached a favorable resolution in a lawsuit the Office filed against Moberly School District over alleged violations of the Sunshine Law.   The Missouri Attorney General’s Office filed suit against the Moberly School District in November, 2021

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