MO State News

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ), urging the Department to prioritize implementation of the expanded Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. The Senator’s expansion provision revives RECA for survivors, allows tens of thousands of new claimants to receive […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, calling on the agency to declassify all documents related to the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, PA. “I write to you following the one-year anniversary of the first assassination attempt against President Donald J. Trump. This occasion

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has introduced new legislation to invest in rural hospitals and prevent any future cuts to Medicaid hospital funding. Senator Hawley’s legislation builds on provisions he secured for rural hospitals in the recently enacted reconciliation bill. Senator Hawley’s new bill would double the federal investment in rural health care

JEFFERSON CITY, MO —Yesterday, Missouri Governor Kehoe signed Senate Bill 105 into law, halting the sale in Missouri of six invasive plants: sericea lespedeza, burning bush (‘Compactus’), Callery pear, Japanese honeysuckle, perilla mint, and wintercreeper (variety Coloratus).  The implementation date for the legislation is August 28, 2025. The legislation allows five plants in the bill to continue to be sold through January 1, 2027,

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The 2025 Missouri Governor’s Cup Wine Competition was held in Columbia, Missouri, July 8-10. Our eight esteemed judges spent two days blind tasting wines entered from across the Show-Me-State. 260 wines were entered in this year’s competition. Prestigious judges with a variety of different skill sets, experiences and qualifications from across

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — On Monday, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe officially signed the Water Preservation Act into law during a ceremony at the Missouri Soybeans’ headquarters, the Center for Soy Innovation. The bill, known as Senate Bill 82, establishes a permitting framework to track and regulate bulk water exports—an essential measure to protect Missouri’s water resources for

BOSTON, Mass. – Average gasoline prices in Missouri have risen 2.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.88/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 3.9 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 31.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.  

By Jason Smith, member of Congress From his very first day in office, President Donald Trump has been hard at work advancing his America First trade agenda. As Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over trade, I am incredibly grateful to have such a great ally in the fight to advance