JEFFERSON CITY—Based upon a motion filed by the Public Service Commission Staff (PSC Staff), the Missouri Public Service Commission has opened a case to review the current $0.10 per line surcharge that appears on the monthly landline telephone bills of Missourians to fund Relay Missouri. In addition, the PSC Staff is asking the Commission […]
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JEFFERSON CITY — Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion: Lieutenant Kevin W. Malugen (C) is being promoted to captain and designated commanding officer of Troop C, Weldon Spring, MO, effective September 1, 2023. Malugen joined the Patrol on July 1, 1994, as a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office joined a 21-state coalition opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule that would impose stringent emissions standards on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. The rule ignores last year’s rebuke from the United States Supreme Court in West
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COLUMBIA, Mo. —The Grow Native! Native Gardens of Excellence program has inducted the Taylor Twins Memorial Garden, located at 201 West Main Street in the Uptown district of Jackson, Missouri, next to the historic Frizel-Welling House. Along with four more newly inducted sites, this garden joins 20 other sites in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and
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JEFFERSON CITY – The House and Senate Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commissions this announced this week, that by a unanimous vote, Marc Ellinger has been elected as chair of the Senate Commission, and Jerry Hunter has been elected as chair of the House Commission. Also by a unanimous vote, Susan Montee has been elected as Vice-Chair of
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As temperatures rise, so does the risk of vehicular, heat-related illnesses and deaths for children. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Region 7, which includes Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, is working together to promote the national Look Before You Lock effort to ensure that children are not left
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland is thrilled to announce that Yasmina Mokhtar is the Gold Award Girl Scout from Joplin, Missouri to be awarded a national scholarship from Girl Scouts of the USA for extraordinary action in addressing the communication barriers students using English as their second language face in their
JEFFERSON CITY — Governor Mike Parson has announced that the state has begun the process of obtaining federal disaster assistance in response to severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding that began impacting Missouri on July 29. “Beginning July 29, a severe weather pattern has repeatedly struck Missouri with damaging winds, tornadoes, and flash flooding, causing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Citing the grim statistics alone should be enough to convince people to stop texting and driving. More than eight people are killed and 1,161 are injured each day in crashes reported to involve a distracted driver, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Drivers in their 20s make
By Jason Smith, member of Congress On August 8th, President Joe Biden once again bowed to climate extremists by unilaterally designating nearly 1 million acres of public lands surrounding the Grand Canyon as a national monument. This federal takeover is strongly opposed by local farmers, businesses, and mining operations but a major win for radical
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