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Mo Chamber says new state budget boldly invests in Missouri’s potential 

JEFFERSON CITY — Seizing a historic opportunity, Missouri lawmakers have passed a budget that boldly invests in Missouri’s economic potential. The state’s new budget, subject to approval from Gov. Mike Parson, wisely makes use of an exceptional state revenue situation to spur progress in key economic areas such as addressing the childcare crisis, bolstering high-tech […]

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Mo AG files civil rights lawsuit against HHS Secretary Becerra

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his Office joined a coalition of eight states in filing a civil rights lawsuit against Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-Lasure, opposing a new rule that allows higher compensation for

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FDA limits use of Janssen COVID-19 vaccine to certain individuals

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has limited the authorized use of the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine to individuals 18 years of age and older for whom other authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccines are not accessible or clinically appropriate, and to individuals 18 years of age and older who elect to receive

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Driver examination stations close statewide for May 2022 holidays

The Missouri State Highway Patrol would like to remind the public that driver examination stations throughout the state will be closed on the following dates:   Monday, May 9, 2022, in observance of Truman Day. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, May 10, 2022.   Monday, May 30, 2022, in observance of Memorial Day. Normal

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State hosts free pesticide collection event in Farmington May 21

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will host a free pesticide collection event from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 21 at MFA Agri Services, 1363 Sainte Genevieve Ave. in Farmington. The event is open to all Missouri farmers and households.  Accepted: Pesticides Herbicides Insecticides Fungicides Rodenticides Dewormers Fly tags Fertilizers containing pesticide Not accepted:

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Blunt criticizes Biden Administration for continuing COVID-19 mandates while lifting Title 42 at the Southern Border

WASHINGTON – This week, 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 (LHHS), delivered opening remarks at the subcommittee’s FY23 budget hearing with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra. In his remarks, Blunt pressed Becerra on the

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