JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is urging Missourians to stay vigilant this holiday season as scammers increasingly target consumers through deceptive and high-pressure gift card schemes. With millions of dollars lost nationwide each year to gift card fraud, Attorney General Hanaway warned that criminals often use fear, urgency, and impersonation tactics […]
CHESTER – The approved minutes of the December 18 meeting of the Chester Community Unit Sschool District No.139 Board oF Education Regular Meeting have been released. November 18, 2025 Board Minutes
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FAYETTE, MO — Central Methodist University celebrated its Winter 2025 commencement on December 6 in Puckett Fieldhouse on the Fayette campus. Business owner and author Rogers Strickland gave the commencement address as a packed house of family, friends, faculty, staff, and other guests celebrated the graduates. Students were recognized for earning degrees at
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri State Representative Ray Reed has reintroduced legislation in the Second Regular Session of the 103rd Missouri General Assembly to ensure that Missourians with DACA status who have completed their education and passed required exams are eligible for professional licenses. The bill would remove state-level barriers that prevent qualified individuals
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STE. GENEVIEVE — The Ste. Genevieve County R-II Board of Education accepted the resignation of Board President David Bova during its Dec. 16, 2025 regular meeting, marking the conclusion of more than a decade of service to the district. Mr. Bova resigned as Board President effective immediately and as a Board member effective
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SPRINGFIELD, IL. – The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) struck $11.2 million from Ameren Illinois’ $59.6 million multi-year rate reconciliation request. The decision is the first in a new performance-based evaluation process designed to reconcile actual utility spending with the approved investments outlined in the utility’s multi-year grid and rate plans. “The ICC’s responsibility is to
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CHICAGO, Il – The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) struck $25.4 million from ComEd’s $268.5 million 2024 rate reconciliation request. The decision is the first in a new performance-based evaluation process designed to reconcile actual utility spending with the approved investments outlined in the utility’s multi-year grid and rate plans. “The ICC’s responsibility is to balance the interests
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) fisheries biologists will be collecting live Christmas trees to be used as fish habitat in local lakes after the holidays. The collected trees will be bundled together, weighted, and submerged at lakes, providing critical habitat for multiple fish species and promoting algae growth for insects that attract
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CHICAGO –The Illinois Accountability Commission, housed in the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR), held a public meeting on December 18 at the Arturo Velasquez Institute (AVI) at Richard J. Daley College in the West Lawn community. During the first public meeting, the Commission outlined its function and purpose, presented two video montages highlighting concerning
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SPRINGFIELD, IL. – The Illinois Chamber of Commerce has issued a statement on the City of Chicago FY 26 budget. It applauds the members of the Chicago City Council that worked to enact an FY26 revenue package that rejects the onerous “head tax” that would have had a devastating impact on Chicago employers and
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