JEFFERSON CITY — State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for April 2022 increased 40.8 percent compared to those for April 2021, from $952.9 million last year to $1.34 billion this year. Net general revenue collections for 2022 fiscal year-to-date increased 9.4 percent compared to April 2021, from $8.80 billion […]
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. – Carolyn B. Smoot, retired First Judicial Circuit judge and a 1983 Southern Illinois University School of Law alumna, will deliver the keynote address during law school commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 6. The ceremony at 1 p.m. in Shryock Auditorium is for 72 graduates in the Class of 2022. There is
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PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports. Police are investigating a bad check passing which was reported April 21st in the 200 block of North Main Street. A felony theft of a controlled substance was reported in the 1800 block of West St. Joseph Street on April 26th.
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JEFFERSON CITY – Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the agency will offer another 15-week accelerated academy to law enforcement professionals interested in becoming a trooper. To be eligible, candidates must possess an active Missouri Class A POST license in good standing or be able to obtain one prior
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently teamed up with Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department and 127 volunteers to collect 52 bags of litter in just under two hours at Cape LaCroix Creek in Cape Girardeau. MDC Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center Naturalist Angela Pierce said three truck tires, several
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SIKESTON― Northbound Interstate 55 in Perry County will be reduced with a 12-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge repairs. This section of roadway is located between Mile Markers 129.4 and 130 in Perryville, Missouri. Weather permitting, work will take place Wednesday, May 4 through Thursday, May 26 from
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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest report of arrests. Among those listed as arrested: 29-year-old John E. Hammon of Bartlett, Tennessee, 26-year-old Taquita V. Hughes of Memphis, Tennessee and 26-year-old Justin C. Johnson of Nesbit, Mississippi at 12:46 a.m. Wednesday in Ste. Genevieve County. Hammon and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. —The University of Missouri will soon celebrate the accomplishments of 5,828 students with more than 6,360 degrees at MU’s spring commencement ceremonies. University officials also will honor Amy B. Heimberger, a world-renowned neurosurgeon, and John Rogers, a highly accomplished biomedical engineer, with honorary degrees, the highest honor the university awards. “There are
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Governor Mike Parson has ordered the Missouri State Capitol dome lighted green beginning at sunset on Thursday, May 5, 2022, until sunrise on Friday, May 6, 2022, in recognition of Children’s Mental Health Week. “We must talk about mental health and the importance of having resources available for our men,
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JEFFERSON CITY – MO ABLE, administered by the Missouri Treasurer’s Office, allows individuals with disabilities and their families to save up to $16,000 per year, tax-free, without losing federal benefits like Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The program has nearly 3,000 accounts and more than $22 million assets under management, making it one of
