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 JEFFERSON CITY — State Sen. Elaine Gannon, R-De Soto, is proud to announce the budget finalized by the Missouri General Assembly includes $25 million in funding for the Jefferson County Port. This appropriation was a component House Bill 3004, which was passed by the Legislature on May 6.   “I was pleased to work with the

JEFFERSON CITY – The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index was unchanged in April, remaining at 93.2 and the fourth consecutive month below the 48-year average of 98. Small business owners expecting better business conditions over the next six months decreased one point to a net negative 50%, the lowest level recorded in the 48-year-old survey. Download the report

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that turkey hunters checked 33,355 birds during Missouri’s 2022 regular spring turkey season, April 18 through May 8.   Top regular season harvest counties were Franklin with 798 birds harvested, Callaway with 614, and Gasconade with 606.   Perry County hunters

KANSAS CITY – Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.5% in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The food index rose 1.3% in April and the index for energy was unchanged. The all items less food and energy index increased

Washington, D.C.  – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Vice Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed her Isolate Russian Government Officials Act of 2022: “Russia’s evil actions against Ukraine have galvanized our nation and made it clear how urgent it is we stand up