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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick today announced the first MOScholars scholarships have been awarded to students to attend a school of their choice. The Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation (TTEF), which serves the St. Louis region, completed its first round of awards this week.   “This is a great day for Missouri students. […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded two (2) WIC local agencies with the 2022 Gold WIC Breastfeeding Award of Excellence for exemplary efforts in supporting breastfeeding WIC mothers. The two agencies are: Clay County Public Health Center and Dunklin County Health Department. These awards were part of USDA’s National

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft thanked local election authorities, poll workers and voters for another successful primary election.   “Foremost, I want to thank our poll workers across the state – thousands of them – who showed up and made it possible for the people of Missouri to vote,” Ashcroft said. “And

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, released a letter he sent to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra demanding answers about the administration’s monkeypox response plans.   Blunt criticized the administration’s

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, spoke on the Senate floor ahead of his vote in favor of the accession of Sweden and Finland into NATO.    Blunt recently traveled to Sweden and Finland as part of a congressional delegation trip