MO State News

JEFFERSON CITY – April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Department of Social Services (DSS) Children’s Division asks you to join in raising awareness about child abuse and neglect prevention in your community.   This year’s theme is “Thriving Children & Families: Prevention with Purpose.”   “Members of the community play a vital role […]

JEFFERSON CITY – A coalition of 33 organizations and associations, led by Missouri Farm Bureau, has submitted a letter to Missouri’s Congressional delegation, highlighting numerous concerns with the “Revised Definition of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS)” proposed rule.   Organizations that signed the letter include: AGC of Missouri Associated Industries of Missouri Association of

JEFFERSON CITY – Candidate filing for the August 2nd Primary closed on Tuesday, March 29th and the Missouri Libertarian party has filed 25 candidates for federal, state and county offices.    They filed candidates for both statewide offices.   Jonathan Dine filed for the U.S.  Senate.  Dine was the Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources would like to make you aware of the following training opportunity:   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed a Water Sector Guide to Telecommunications During Power Outages (to be published in spring 2022) to help water utilities diversify their telecommunications plans and equipment and help ensure they

KANSAS CITY, Mo.- April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Region 7, consisting of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, is working with respective law enforcement to ramp up enforcement of distracted-driving laws to raise awareness about the dangers of using your phone

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has issued a civil investigative demand to POWERHOME SOLAR, LLC, for information regarding its practices for sales and installation of solar panels. The investigation seeks documents and information regarding the capabilities, installation, and financing of its solar panel products.  The civil investigative demand, which operates like a subpoena,

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri House Speaker Rob Vescovo, Majority Floor Leader Dean Plocher, Speaker Pro Tem John Wiemann, and House Special Committee on Redistricting Chairman Dan Shaul issued the following statement regarding the vote by the House to reject the Senate version of HB 2117 and the decision to again request a conference on the

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Hospital Association’s Community Investment Report finds that in 2020, the state’s hospitals provided more than $3.5 billion in total community benefit — an increase of nearly $100 million from 2019, and a 16% increase throughout the last decade. Providing a safety net for care is an essential part of

JEFFERSON CITY—The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold a local public hearing on April 21, 2022, beginning at 6:00 p.m., to receive customer comment in water and sewer rate cases filed by S. K. & M. Water and Sewer Company. The local public hearing will be conducted virtually by WebEx and telephone conference. It will

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) helped introduce the Baltic Defense and Deterrence Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation to effectively codify the Baltic Security Initiative effort and create a complementary initiative at the U.S. Department of State. Jointly, these two efforts will enhance and strengthen U.S. security and economic cooperation with the Baltic