JEFFERSON CITY – The Consumers Council of Missouri says a bill (SB 745) is on the governor’s desk which would allow electric utilities to use Plant-In Service-Accounting (“PISA”) through 2033. According to a news release from the Consumers Council, PISA grants additional compensation to electric utilities by allowing them to defer for future recovery […]
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Farm Bureau President Garrett Hawkins issued this statement regarding the upcoming 2022 elections: “All elections are important, and Farm Bureau members understand that advocacy starts at the local level. Following a discussion from our county PAC trustees, Missouri Farm Bureau’s PAC has voted to convene candidates for the U.S. Senate race, 4th Congressional
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JEFFERSON CITY – We need your help! The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), is seeking your input as we begin the process to create a strategic plan to guide Missouri Agricultural Education into the future! Missouri agricultural education encompasses a variety of programs, organizations and
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JEFFERSON CITY – State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for May 2022 increased 46.2 percent compared to those for May 2021, from $1.22 billion last year to $1.78 billion this year. Net general revenue collections for 2022 fiscal year-to-date increased 13.9 percent compared to May 2021, from $10.02 billion last
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Supply Chain Task Force’s draft report is now available for public review and comment following a six-month-long survey into supply chain issues. The report was presented to the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission at its monthly meeting June 2 for review. Gov. Mike Parson created the task force in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is offering Missouri landowners another way to help manage deer numbers on their properties. MDC’s Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) can help landowners manage deer on their properties by allowing them and hunters they designate to buy additional firearms permits to take antlerless deer on the
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has joined a coalition of 21 states opposing the Army Corps of Engineer’s proposed review of Nationwide Permit 12 (“NWP 12”), a permit that serves critical energy and infrastructure needs within states by allowing entities to perform time-sensitive activities on infrastructure projects, such as construction and maintenance
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri State Representative Dale Wright has released his latest Capitol Report. Dale Wright June 2, 2022 Capitol Report
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JEFFERSON CITY – According to NFIB’s national monthly jobs report, the labor shortage continues to be a challenge for small businesses with 51 percent (seasonally adjusted) of owners reporting job openings they could not fill in the current period, up four points from April and matching the 48-year record high set in September. Twenty-three percent of owners reported
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD) is excited to announce that Apprenticeship Missouri has surpassed its 2019 goal of serving 20,000 new registered apprentices by 2025. The milestone was met nearly three years early thanks to increased efforts with partners and providers throughout the state. Registered Apprenticeship is
