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Friess: Politics, not science, drives mask mandate for school children

RED BUD, Ill. — Randolph County Illinois Representative David Friess of Red Bud is criticizing Gov. J. B. Pritzker’s decision to lift his mask mandate for everyone except school children. The governor and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced plans to remove the mask mandate throughout the state beginning on February 28th with

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Gabriel Greminger graduates from the University of Mississippi

UNIVERSITY, Miss. – A Sainte Genevieve resident was among the more than 600 students who graduated from the University of Mississippi in December 2021. Gabriel Greminger, a mathematics major, received a Bachelor of Science degree in the College of Liberal Arts. “Congratulations to our December 2021 class of graduates who are distinguished by incredible achievements,

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Gov. Pritzker plans to lift statewide indoor mask requirement

CHICAGO – With statewide COVID-19 hospitalization rates declining faster than any other point in the pandemic, Illinois is on track to lift the statewide indoor mask requirement on Monday, February 28, 2022. Mask requirements will continue where federally mandated, such as on public transit and in high-risk settings including healthcare facilities and congregate care. Masking

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IMA calls for incentives to increase semiconductor and microchip production amid shortage

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA) is backing legislation to incentivize the in-state production of semiconductors, microchips, and their component parts amid a nationwide shortage that is impacting the availability of goods ranging from automobiles to cell phones.   Named the Manufacturing Illinois Chips for Real Opportunity (MICRO) Act, the legislation would provide various tax

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Missouri releases January 2022 General Revenue Report

JEFFERSON CITY – State Budget Director Dan Haug announced Wednesday that net general revenue collections for January 2022 declined 13.4 percent compared to those for January 2021, from $1.02 billion last year to $882.1 million this year. Net general revenue collections for 2022 fiscal year-to-date increased 1.9 percent compared to January 2021, from $6.46 billion last

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Mo Feral Hog Elimination Partnership removes more than 9,800 feral hogs

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Feral Hog Elimination Partnership (the Partnership) removed 9,857 feral hogs from the landscape in 2021, making the total number of feral hogs eliminated more than 54,000 since 2016. The Partnership is made up of 13 federal and state agencies along with numerous agriculture and conservations organizations. “I’m really proud of

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MSHP report

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest reports.   Among those listed as arrested:   27-year-old Kyle S. Strickland of Ste. Genevieve at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday in Ste. Genevieve County on patrol charges of driving while intoxicated, possession of five fentanyl pills and one buprenorphine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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