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Next weekend’s sales tax holiday is a chance to support local businesses

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JEFFERSON CITY — NFIB State Director Brad Jones says Missouri’s upcoming sales tax holiday on clothes, computers, and school supplies is a chance for people to support small businesses rocked by the series of economic setbacks that began with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. This year’s back-to-school tax holiday is Aug. 5-7.  “We believe it’s important for people to support […]

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Riverside Regional Library announces calendar events for August 2022

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JACKSON – The Riverside Regional Library has announced its events for the month of August.   For more information about these events call the library system at 573 243-8141.   The library system includes branches in Perryville and Altenburg. In Perryville at 800 City Park Drive, phone 573 547-6508 and in Altenburg at 66 Poplar

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Saving Children from Traffickers

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By Holly Thompson Rehder, Missouri State Senator Early in June of this year, federal authorities arrested 32 individuals in Missouri and Kansas and charged them with sexual trafficking offenses, including crimes involving sexual activity with minor children. While the arrests were shocking, they were not necessarily surprising. Missouri has earned an unfortunate reputation as a

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Sips, stars and meteors program set for Aug. 12 at Washington State Park

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Guests at Washington State Park are invited to join a special overnight opportunity to view the Perseids meteor shower beginning Friday, Aug. 12. For this overnight event, guests will camp in the park’s Big River Day-Use Area near shelter 32. From 6 to 9 p.m., interpretive team members from the park will

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Tourism Tax, Tourism Advisory Council minutes released

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STE. GENEVIEVE – The minutes of the Tuesday, July 19, 2022 meeting of the Ste. Genevieve Tourism Tax Commission and Tourism Advisory Council combined regular meeting have been released.   A video of the meeting is available at: https://youtu.be/tfldJpkDibg   MINUTES OF THE STE. GENEVIEVE TOURISM TAX COMMISSION AND TOURISM ADVISORY COUNCIL  REGULAR MEETING STE. 

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Wagner: Chips production is good, but not when it makes Biden’s recession worse

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WASHINGTON, D.C.  –  Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Chair of the House Suburban Caucus, released the following statement on the Chips package: “It was confirmed this morning that Joe Biden and his tax and spend policies have thrown the US into a recession, costing Missouri families more at the pump and the grocery store.  It is utterly

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