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Smith issues statement on his selection as next chair of the House Ways and Means Committee

WASHINGTON – Missouri’s Eighth District Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after being selected to serve as the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means for the 118th Congress:   “It is deeply humbling and an honor to be selected by my colleagues to serve as the next Chairman of the

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Smith: ‘The IRS does not need a raise; It needs a reckoning.’

WASHINGTON – On Monday, House Ways and Means Chairman-elect Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered remarks during debate on the House Floor on legislation authored by House Republicans to cancel the $80 billion pay raise Washington Democrats gave the IRS in their Inflation Reduction Act – funds passed under one-party Democrat rule last year to supercharge the IRS to

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Top candidate for Ste. Gen tourism marketing director job wants to work from home part of the time

STE. GENEVIEVE — The individual who is apparently the top candidate for the job of Ste. Genevieve Tourism Marketing Director wants to work remotely, at home in Hillsboro, and not have to come to Ste. Genevieve on a daily basis.   The request was disclosed in a memo from City Administrator Happy Welch which was

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Audubon Society to discuss Ste. Genevieve Levee Wildlife Refuge

FARMINGTON – The Ste. Genevieve Levee Wildlife Refuge will be the topic presented Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at the East Ozarks Audubon Society meeting at the public library in Farmington at 7:00pm.    Have you ever enjoyed a hike to the Mississippi River from the Ste. Genevieve Levee Wildlife Refuge parking lot yet?  Come to this

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Bloomsdale Elementary School recognized with two awards

STE. GENEVIEVE – Ste. Genevieve County R-II School District announced Friday that Bloomsdale Elementary School is one of four schools that has been recognized as a 2022 recipient of the National Recognized Missouri Program Award (the NRM) by the Missouri School Counselor Association. The school was also recognized with the Gysbers Missouri Comprehensive School Counseling

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Department of Natural Resources updates Missouri Drought Mitigation and Response Plan

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is developing an updated drought mitigation and response plan that will help guide future statewide, multi-entity drought response efforts. The plan is designed to aid government officials, water users and water suppliers in planning and responding to droughts in Missouri. The current plan has been

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