JEFFERSON CITY – NFIB’s March Jobs Report shows that the Small Business Employment Index fell 1.9 points to 101.6. Despite the decline, the current reading remains above the 2025 average of 101.2 and the historical average of 100. In March, 32 percent (seasonally adjusted) of small business owners reported job openings they could not fill, down one point […]
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Approximately 35 volunteers help to make March 2026 event a huge success By Jim Beers CHESTER – Each month throughout the year the Chester Area Christian Food Pantry (CACFP) hosts a Mobile Market at the Cohen Recreation Complex north of Chester. The event is held on the front parking lot of the complex on Rt.
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri faces several persistent health challenges. For example, data from the United Health Foundation shows that rates of chronic conditions such as heart disease and lung disease remain higher than national averages. Life expectancy in Missouri lags behind the national average by several years, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. –Missouri State Budget Director Dan Haug has announced that net general revenue collections for March 2026 decreased 1.7 percent compared to those for March 2025, from $878.9 million last year to $864.3 million this year. Net general revenue collections for 2026 fiscal year-to-date increased 0.7 percent compared to March 2025, from $9.18
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in conjunction with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), is issuing this Health Advisory to notify public health professionals, clinicians, laboratorians, and people at risk for overdose about increasing reports from U.S. jurisdictions detecting medetomidine in the illegal drug supply and a
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) was part of a House Republican press conference recently concerning the governor’s recent comments on property taxes. McCombie pointed out while Illinois residents pay some of the highest property taxes in the nation, Governor Pritzker continues to pass the buck on one of the biggest challenges
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CHICAGO – The Illinois Accountability Commission has sent letters to the current and former Trump Administration officials responsible for Operation Midway Blitz, requesting their testimony at two upcoming hearings as part of the Commission’s ongoing collection of evidence into the widespread federal misconduct and reckless tactics deployed by federal agents across Chicago and Illinois.
CHICAGO – Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) have announced an additional $30 million in funding for the Regional Site Readiness Program—bringing the total to $60 million for this round. This additional funding ensures more regions throughout the state will attract industrial economic development. The program also
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a 20-year-old Festus man was hurt when a car collided with a semi truck on the southbound I-55 in Ste. Genevieve County early Saturday morning. According to the patrol’s report, the man suffered moderate injuries and was taken to Mercy Hospital Jefferson by a Ste.
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CAPE GIRARDEAU – A man from Farmington, Missouri on Thursday admitted supplying fentanyl to a man shortly before the victim’s overdose death. James B. Link, 31, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to one count of distribution of fentanyl. He admitted that in messages with the victim on June 14, 2025,
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