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Missouri releases August 2022 general revenue report

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for August 2022 grew 4.7 percent compared to those for August 2021, from $962.2 million last year to $1.01 billion this year.   Net general revenue collections for 2023 fiscal year-to-date increased 18.9 percent compared to August 2021, from $1.66 […]

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Perry County consolidates voting precincts and state says photo ID will be required for those casting a ballot

PERRYVILLE – Voters in western Perry County will have a new polling location beginning with the November 8 General Election. The Perry County Clerk and Election Authority has combined the precincts located in the St Marys township which include residents who previously cast their ballots in Silver Lake or Yount. The new voting location, known

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Ste. Genevieve planning and zoning okays self-storage business

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Planning and Zoning Commission has approved a request for a special use permit to allow self-storage facilites at `11307 Sav-A-Lot Drive in a general commercial district.   The action came during a meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission last Thursday.   The permit was sought by Meagan Wade

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Ste. Genevieve R-II releases board briefs from Aug. 29, 2022 Tax Rate Hearing and Regular Meeting

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve School District R-II has released the board briefs from the August 29 Tax Rate Hearing and Regular Meeting. “This information includes highlights from the Ste. Genevieve R-II Board of Education’s Aug. 29, 2022, Tax Rate Hearing and Regular Meeting. This is an unofficial record. The official Board Minutes are

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New COVID-19 boosters targeting currently circulating strains becoming available in Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Bivalent COVID-19 boosters are becoming available among some providers in Missouri beginning as early as today with additional providers adding these boosters to their inventory next week. A list of providers who pre-ordered these booster doses is available at MOStopsCovid.com.    On Sept. 1, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, endorsed the

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IDPH urges all eligible persons to get up to date with newly approved bivalent booster shots

CHICAGO – With 90 counties in the state at an elevated level for COVID-19, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is urging all who are eligible to take advantage of the new bivalent booster shots that have been authorized by the CDC. IDPH is reporting 26,127 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

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IL Freedom Caucus: The Party of Joe Biden dividing America

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Freedom Caucus is issuing the following statement on President Joe Biden’s hateful and divisive prime time speech. “Our nation is used to looking to the President of the United States for hope and clarity in troubling times. Ronald Reagan in his radio addresses spoke to the country and offered hope and

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Braden Coleman is Valle’s Rotary Student of September

STE. GENEVIEVE – Braden Coleman has been selected Valle Catholic High School’s September Rotary Student of the month. Braden is the son of Eric and Stephanie Coleman.   Braden will graduate from Valle Catholic High School in Ste. Genevieve in May 2023.   His education also includes 1,000 hours in the welding program at Perryville

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COVID-19: Ste. Gen Co. is now a high community level county

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reports 8,626 new cases of COVID-19 for the week ending August 31. That’s 10 percent more than the previous week’s new cases.   That is 675 or 8.4 percent more than the number of new cases reported the previous week.   There were 17

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