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Missouri Attorney General urges secretary Blinken to address deadly fentanyl crisis

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, alongside sixteen other states, today sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging the Department of State to take a tougher approach to stemming the influx of deadly fentanyl into Missouri and the nation as a whole. The Attorney General’s Office has been one …

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Missouri Chamber applauds US Supreme Court decision

JEFFERSON CITY — The US Supreme Court has blocked the Biden Administration from mandating COVID-19 vaccination at businesses with 100 or more employees, while allowing a similar rule for health care facilities to stand.   The Missouri Chamber had strongly pushed back against the Biden administration’s plan, arguing that employers should continue to have the …

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MSHP report

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest reports. Among those listed as arrested: 41-year-old Anthony C. Irlbeck of Ste. Genevieve at 11:31 p.m. Thursday in St. Louis County on a patrol charge of felony driving while intoxicated. He was released. 36-year-old Stephanie S. Miner of Perryville at 8:08 p.m. Wednesday …

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Reward offered in levee vandalism incident

PERRYVILLE — The Perry County Sheriff’s Office is investigating property damage which occurred at the Bois Brule Levee and Drainage District pumping infrastructure. Anyone with information please contact the Perry County Sheriff’s Office and ask to speak with a detective at 574-547-4576.  

Supreme Court blocks Biden employer vaccine mandate

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – On January 13, 2022, in the cases of NFIB v. OSHA and the State of Ohio v. OSHA, the Supreme Court of the United States blocked the Biden Administration’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) “emergency” rule forcing private companies to enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate from going into effect. OSHA is …

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Ashcroft identifies top investor threats for 2022

JEFFERSON CITY —Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft identified several investment products and schemes that could potentially trap Missouri’s investors in 2022 and recommended steps investors can take to protect themselves from investment fraud.   The list was developed by surveying members of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), of which the Securities Division of the …

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