Regional News

BOSTON, Mass. — Missouri gas prices have fallen 0.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.96/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Gas prices in Missouri are 10.7 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.07/g higher than a year ago.   According to GasBuddy […]

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has obtained a preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate on federal contractors, which halts enforcement of the mandate in Missouri and the other states in Missouri’s coalition that initially filed suit. “In October, I co-led a lawsuit with Nebraska, challenging the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate on

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) released the following statement on the passing of former U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (Ga.):   “Johnny Isakson liked to help people and liked to get things done. I was always impressed by his habit of often addressing groups he was speaking to as, ‘my friends and future friends.’ He

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement Sunday after U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) announced his decision not to support the Democrats’ $5 trillion tax and spending bill, citing the recent analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) detailing the true cost of the proposal. “Senator Manchin’s decision not to support

LENEXA, Kan. – BNSF Railway Corporation has agreed to pay $1,513,750 to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), BNSF released approximately 117,500 gallons of heavy crude oil when one of its freight trains derailed outside of Doon, Iowa, in June 2018, resulting in discharges

HERCULANEUM – Key stakeholders behind the efforts to launch innovative Container-on-Vessel (COV) service to the Midwest Friday announced that Hawtex Development Corporation is signing on as the lead developer for a new COV port facility in Jefferson County, to be developed in collaboration with Fred Weber/Riverview Commerce Park LLC and integrating a 300+ acre adjacent

By Jason Smith, member of Congress “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.” – Luke 2:10 For many of you, the Christmas season is a time when life slows down. It gives us a chance to reflect and be

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) continues to partner with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the University of Missouri – Columbia, wastewater operators, and others to monitor COVID-19 trends by testing wastewater in communities throughout the state. In February 2021, this team began testing wastewater samples to look