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2022 Earth Day slogan contest winner announced

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced the winner of the department’s 2022 Earth Day slogan contest. Mahamud Mahamud, a fifth grade student from Kansas City International Academy, won first place with the slogan, “May the forest be with you.” Mahamud was among more than 700 Missouri fifth graders who entered the

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State Sen. Dale Fowler to discuss Illinois higher education, Cairo river port

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Illinois State Sen. Dale Fowler is the next guest in the virtual speaker series hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. Fowler, a Republican from Harrisburg, will join John Shaw, institute director, for a virtual conversation at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 26. Fowler and Shaw will discuss the spring General Assembly

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SGHS student awarded $180,000 USMC scholarship

STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve High School has announced that senior Isabel Basler has been awarded a Marines Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship, valued at $180,000. Isabel was surprised with this recognition at a high school assembly, and was presented this scholarship by U.S. Marines Captain Jeff Torres, her uncle: Gunnery Sergeant Benjamin Unterreiner,

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Route 3 traffic crash kills three and injures three

ULLIN, Illinois — Three persons died and three were hurt in a traffic crash Thursday morning on Illinois Route 3 in Union County Thursday morning. Illinois State Police reports the following died in the crash: Marie Meunier, 32 of Cape Girardeau, Vamshi Pechetty, 23 of Carbondale and Pavan Swarna, 23 of Carbondale. The injured in

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Rick Francis’ Capitol Report – April 21, 2022

House Approves Tax Relief Package for Missouri Taxpayers (HB 3021) Missourians who pay income tax are one step closer to receiving substantive relief from their income tax burden. We approved legislation to create a one-time economic recovery tax credit for Missouri residents who paid personal income tax in the state for 2021. This is an attempt to

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