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Holly Thompson Rehder’s ‘Save Women’s Sports Act’ approved by Senate

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JEFFERSON CITY — Legislation to ensure fair competition for female student athletes sponsored by State Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder, R-Scott City, has received initial approval in Missouri’s upper legislative chamber. Senate Bill 39, which was perfected by the Missouri Senate following an overnight filibuster, would prohibit a transgender female student athlete born as a biological male […]

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Illinois EPA announces 10 Spring 2023 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events

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SPRINGFIELD – Following a temporary suspension of Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collections, Illinois EPA Director John J. Kim is announcing ten upcoming HHW one-day collection locations for the spring of 2023.   Operations have also resumed at five previously established longterm HHW collection locations. Illinois EPA offers residents free HHW collection events to safely dispose

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Letter to all citizens

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By John Schaaf As Perry County citizens we take a lot of pride in our community. We like to think that our local organizations and institutions are well run and efficient in the services that they provide. But our school system has been on a decade long decline.   Academic achievement and scholastic rankings have

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March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month
Brain Injury Fact of the Day

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ST. LOUIS – Wearing an approved motorcycle helmet has shown to be effective safety equipment to prevent brain injuries and deaths for riders. In 2019 when the Missouri all-rider motorcycle helmet law was in effect only 10 percent of motorcyclist fatalities were not wearing a helmet. This increased to 52 percent in 2021 and 53

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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey files amended petition in quo warranto against Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In an effort to protect the people of the City of St. Louis, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey yesterday filed his amended petition in quo warranto against Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner after additional evidence has come to light. Over the past three weeks, his office has interviewed multiple witnesses who had the courage

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New Professor Sharp Library & Media Center at CHS named after generous 1954 alumnus

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NEW YORK, NY – Professor James Franklin Sharp is a 1954 graduate of Chester High School in Chester, Illinois, who lives and works in New York City.  New Professor Sharp Library & Media Center at CHS has been named after him because of his generosity to CHS and his impressive achievements.  He says that in

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Public Comment Period and Notice of Public Hearing for 10 CSR 20-7.015

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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has filed proposed rule amendments to adopt total phosphorus discharge reductions, allow for discharge of high-quality water into drinking water reservoirs to support water resource needs, and to align rules pertaining to losing streams. The public comment period is April 3, 2023, through May 15, 2023,

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