MO State News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Cattlemen’s Association today voted to endorse Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler’s Campaign for U.S. Senate.   Jimmie Long, a cattle producer from Cole Camp, Missouri, and Chair of MCA Policy and Legislative Affairs Committee, said Hartzler is a proven leader when it comes to fighting for farm and ranch families.    “When […]

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – Fresh off his election victory on Tuesday, incoming Mayor of Independence Rory Rowland is announcing his support for Lucas Kunce in the U.S. Senate race. Independence is the fifth-largest city in Missouri and the hometown of former President Harry Truman.   “Lucas Kunce is willing to fight for working people because he

JEFFERSON CITY — As Missouri businesses struggle to find workers, it’s becoming clear that the state’s growing childcare crisis is at the center of the problem.   Many Missouri parents want to work but aren’t able to because they can’t find childcare. The problem is so severe that nearly 1 in 10 working parents in

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) joined a bipartisan group of his colleagues in introducing legislation to help police, fire, emergency medical, and 911 personnel cope with the stresses of responding to crisis situations. The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2022 would establish mental health programs for America’s first responders who often

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

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

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