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LENEXA, Kan. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $24,420,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water across Missouri.     This funding is part of the $2 billion water infrastructure allotment announced by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan at

BOSTON, Mass. — Average gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 5.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.08/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 14.9 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 10.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Governor Mike Parson today announced that in its first year the Missouri Blue Scholarship helped fund the training of 217 law enforcement recruits at Missouri training academies.    “We designed the Missouri Blue Scholarship to help support men and women interested in dedicating their lives to law enforcement careers, and we’re extremely

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Citizens and local government leaders delivered powerful testimony Tuesday in support of House Bill 909 during a hearing before the House Local Government Committee, to oppose the proposed landfill in southern Jackson County, located at the border with Cass County, and across the street from the Raymore residential development of Creekmoor.

KANSAS CITY – Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.8% in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.   The all items less food and energy rose 0.6% in January, largely due to an increase in the index for owners’ equivalent rent