COLUMBIA, Mo. — Building on more than 30 years of success, the University of Missouri recently received a $1.5 million Department of Education grant to continue the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program for the next five years. MU was among the original 14 universities selected in 1989 to develop a program which encourages students […]
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ST. MARY – The tentative agenda has been released for Thursday’s regular and closed session. The open session begins at 6 p.m. in the city hall at 782 Third Street, St. Mary. The closed session will begin following the close of the open session. The tentative agendas: ST. MARY BOARD OF ALDERMEN
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LYONS, Neb. – In a win for producers across the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency recently announced changes to two crop insurance programs—Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) and Micro Farm. The improvements will expand access to risk management options for thousands of producers, particularly those with small or diversified operations. “Managing risk is
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By Scott Fitzpatrick According to a Georgetown University study, the cost of higher education has increased 169 percent over the last 40 years. And according to Sallie Mae’s annual How America Pays for College survey, nearly half of American families have no plan for how to pay for higher education. September is College Savings
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Tuesday that, in his lawsuit against top-ranking Biden Administration officials for allegedly colluding to suppress freedom of speech, the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana granted Missouri and Louisiana’s request to compel the federal government to produce records from top-ranking White House
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri State Representative Dale Wright has released his September Capitol Report. WRIGHT CAPITOL REPORT
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LENEXA, Kan. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced two listening sessions to collect input on the development of a new grant opportunity made possible by the $100 million investment in the agency’s Pollution Prevention (P2) program from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The new grant opportunity will encourage businesses that are
BOSTON, Mass. – Average gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 9.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.38/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 32.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 54.7 cents per gallon higher than a year ago.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) wants deer hunters to know some key information for harvesting whitetails in Missouri this season. Deer hunting opens Sept. 15 with the archery season, which runs through Nov. 11 and then again from Nov. 23 through Jan. 15, 2023. The two firearms youth portions occur
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SPRINGFIELD — The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, preparing for its monthly meeting tomorrow in Springfield, congratulates Warren K. Erdman of Kansas City and Brian Treece of Columbia on their recent appointments by Governor Mike Parson as commissioners. “We welcome our two newest members, Warren Erdman and Brian Treece, and look forward to the knowledge
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