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MoDOT shortlists four teams for Chester Bridge design-build project

SIKESTON – The Missouri Department of Transportation has received Statements of Qualification from potential design-build teams for the Chester Bridge project, which will replace the Route 51 bridge over the Mississippi River. This major river bridge connects the cities of Perryville, Missouri and Chester, Illinois. The SOQs have been evaluated, and four teams have been prequalified […]

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MU study: Many Americans are unaware of the role Artificial Intelligence plays in the news they consume

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Throughout the course of history, technology has continually transformed the news media industry — telegraph, radio, television and then the Internet. Yet despite these evolutions, technology remained the medium and human journalists the messengers.   The introduction of Artificial Intelligence has changed that model.   Today, AI machines designed to perform the communicator

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National History Day in Missouri internship offered

CAPE GIRARDEAU — The State Historical Society of Missouri is offering a paid internship opportunity with the SHSMO National History Day in Missouri program! Missouri Humanities is making this opportunity possible.   The National History Day in Missouri intern will work with the education team on a variety of initiatives and events from January 17-April

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Pro-life Missourians speak out for life in the primary elections

JEFFERSON CITY – The following statement is from Dave Plemmons, chairman, Missouri Right to Life political action committees: Missouri right to life political action committees thanks everyone that went out and voted for mrl pac endorsed candidates! Your pro-life vote was very important in our fight to save babies and defund Planned Parenthood. Pro-lifers will

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Ste. Genevieve woman escapes injury in three-vehicle crash

JEFFERSON CITY — A 38-year-old Ste. Genevieve woman escaped injury in a traffic crash on Highway 76 in Stone County Wednesday morning.   Courtney LaRose wasn’t hurt, but a passenger in her car, 42-year-old Tiffany N. Hampton of Poplar Bluff suffered minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Cox Hospital in Branson.   The

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Blunt announces resource page for Missouri farmers and ranchers impacted by drought

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, announced the launch of a resources page, www.blunt.senate.gov/drought, to provide information on the programs available to aid Missourians impacted by damaging drought conditions. “Areas across Missouri are experiencing significant, sustained,

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Blunt-Backed SFC Heath Robinson PACT Act Headed to President’s Desk 

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) voted in favor of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022, which passed the Senate by a vote of 86-11, and is now headed to the president’s desk.   “We know the damaging impact of toxic burn pits,

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