MO State News

JEFFERSON CITY – The public interface of the MoJobs website, the state’s labor data exchange and case management system, has been brought back online with most of its features as of today. The public was notified June 29 that MoJobs was down due to an outage impacting the site’s vendor, Geographic Solutions Incorporated (GSI). The […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.– The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, endorsed the following Members of Congress for re-election to the United States House of Representatives: MO-02: Ann WagnerMO-03: Blaine LuetkemeyerMO-06: Sam GravesMO-08: Jason Smith “Missouri’s small business owners know the importance of having pro-small business advocates in Congress and

BOSTON, Mass. – Average gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 11.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.42/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 29.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.59/g higher than a year ago. The national average price

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Farm Bureau’s grassroots Political Action Committee decided to do something novel when members voted to endorse a candidate in an open U.S. Senate primary. County leaders from across the state determined the stakes are too high to not take a stand in this election. We need a champion for agriculture and

KANSAS CITY, Mo — As temperatures rise, so does the risk of vehicular, heat-related illnessesand deaths in children. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Region 7which includes Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, is working together topromote Park. Look. Lock. effort designed to ensure that child passengers are not left behind inthe car by

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – On Friday evening, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued a judgment, vacating and remanding two separate district court rulings that enjoined HB126’s ban on abortions based solely on a pre-natal Down syndrome diagnosis, and based on certain gestational age restrictions. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office argued the case

LENEXA, Kan. – Trager Limestone LLC, which operates the Nettleton Limestone Quarry in Caldwell County, Missouri, has agreed to pay a $210,000 civil penalty and perform watershed restoration at a cost of over $300,000, as part of a settlement with the federal government. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the settlement today, which resolves

By Jason Smith, member of Congress There’s no bigger challenge facing our nation right now than crippling, 40-year high inflation. These difficult economic times are forcing families to make tough financial decisions every day, whether it’s buying fewer groceries, putting less gas in the tank, or canceling family vacations. At the same time when millions