By Elaine Gannon, state senator JEFFERSON CITY — Americans launched the workweek honoring the vision, leadership and courage of civil rights activist, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. With his faith-based approach to attain justice for Black Americans, Dr. King accomplished more in his short 39 years than almost any other contemporary leader. I am […]
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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reports the number of new COVID-19 cases continues to climb in the Show Me State. There were 80,730 new confirmed and probable cases during the seven days ending January 18th, that is an increase of 5.8 percent from the seven days ending January
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JEFFERSON CITY – On Friday, Governor Mike Parson announced a specialized medical team of U.S. military personnel, which includes doctors and nurses, is being deployed to the St. Louis region to support hospital staff strained by COVID-19. The team is expected to be in place at BJC Christian Hospital next week. “We’re pleased that in response
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JEFFERSON CITY – On Friday, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, along with 76 parents as plaintiffs in certain cases, filed separate lawsuits against 36 school districts across the state to halt those districts from illegally enforcing mask mandates. Districts sued Friday are Francis Howell, Park Hill, Columbia, Fort Zumwalt, Lee’s Summit, Holden, Affton, Liberty,
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) will select three Missouri food and beverage companies to participate at the SIAL AMERICA Food and Beverage Show in March. The selected companies will display their products and attend the show at no cost. Two additional Missouri companies will be chosen to attend virtually, with
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BOISE, Idaho – Bring Our Troops Home, a national organization of veterans of the Global War on Terror, today praised Representative Brian Seitz (R-Branson) for introducing legislation to prohibit Missouri’s National Guard units from being deployed into active combat or combat support duties unless Congress has formally adopted a declaration of war as required by
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KANSAS CITY – Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s inauguration as president of the United States. The Missouri Democratic Party Chair Michael Butler released the following statement highlighting the progress President Biden and Democrats have made to build back better and to help working families in Missouri over the last year: “President
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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri non-farm payroll employment increased from November 2021 to December 2021 and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by two-tenths of a percentage point. Employment, seasonally adjusted, increased by 16,700 jobs over the month, with job gains in both goods-producing and service-providing industries. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was
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JEFFERSON CITY — Causing injury or death to a police dog would be an enhanced felony offense under legislation presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee by State Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer, R-Parkville. Known as “Max’s Law,” Senate Bill 765 was inspired by the killing of a St. Joseph Police K-9 officer. Senator Tony Luetkemeyer was
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By Rick Francis, State Representative Governor Parson Delivers 2022 State of the State Address I would summarize the State of the State Address using Governor Parson’s own words, “Missouri is strong today and will be even stronger tomorrow.” With a historic budget surplus and federal dollars coming to our state, we must spend wisely! When
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