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Missouri Amazon workers hold press briefing to announce OSHA complaint

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ST. LOUIS –– Thursday morning, workers at the Amazon STL8 facility in St. Peters, Missouri, held a virtual press briefing to announce a new complaint (attached) filed with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).   The complaint exposes new details about the company’s continued failure to ensure worker safety and has prompted an […]

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Kansas man pays back $350K to Missouri investors

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s securities division announced that Kansas resident MacKenzie S.C. Hoambrecker and two Missouri-registered entities, H & Z Enterprises HI, LLC and H & Z Cultivation, LLC, have settled charges that they misrepresented and omitted material information in the course of raising capital from investors.   The consent order, signed

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Urban Agriculture Cost-Share Grant Program announced

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Agriculture announced funding for the Urban Agriculture Cost-Share Grant Program. The Department will award grants of up to $10,000 for reimbursement of expenses associated with urban agriculture and economic development. Applications are due by Sep. 15, 2023 and awarded projects must be complete or near completion and ready

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Illinois State Police makes arrest for custodial sexual misconduct

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HILLSBORO – Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Internal Investigation (DII) officials arrested 66-year-old James Dawson of Hillsboro, IL for Custodial Sexual Misconduct (Class 3 Felony) and Criminal Sexual Abuse (Class 4 Felony).     On July 13, 2022, ISP DII initiated an investigation on Dawson, an Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) contractual employee.  Dawson is

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Townhall meeting with SG county commission, state legislative representatives Wednesday

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STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve County Commission will host a Townhall next Wednesday, August 9th at 6:30pm. I hope to see you there. The Ste. Genevieve County Commission will be hosting a townhall event on August 9, 2023. The meeting will be in the conference room at the Progress Sports Complex located at 1300 Progress

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Illinois State Police firearm enforcement grants results

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police (ISP) continues to work with local law enforcement agencies to ensure those who have had their firearm rights revoked are in compliance with the state and federal gun safety laws.     In Fiscal Year 2023, ISP awarded almost $1 million in firearm enforcement grants to 30 law enforcement agencies across the

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Gov. Pritzker signs legislation establishing Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Pilot Program

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CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker has signed House Bill 0780 to establish and administer a Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Pilot Program in Will County beginning January 1, 2024, through January 1, 2027.   The Illinois Department on Aging worked in close coordination with Leader Natalie Manley to establish this legislation that amends the Illinois Act on Aging.

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SIU incoming freshman wins free fall tuition through Bryson Future Scholars Program

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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Shania Davis not only got a jumpstart on her college education by participating in the Dr. Seymour Bryson Future Scholars Program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale this summer. She also won free tuition for the fall semester, courtesy of a new SIU initiative. Davis, of University Park, Illinois, was one of 50

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