ROLLA — A time of year when the potential for wildfire spread is highest is also one of the times Mark Twain National Forest has the most people visiting. As trees shed their colorful fall foliage in preparation for winter, the November portion of firearm deer season often corresponds with thick leaf litter on the […]
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SPRINGFIELD – On Tuesday, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit against Springfield Public Schools for Sunshine Law violations after the Attorney General’s Office requested public records from the school district relating to critical race theory and antiracism teaching in Springfield Public Schools. “Parents have every right to know exactly what is being taught to
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the 2021 National Recycling Strategy to tackle major recycling challenges facing the nation and to create a stronger, more resilient, and cost-effective municipal solid waste recycling system. The 2021 strategy is also the first time EPA’s recycling strategy will address the climate impacts
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CHICAGO–(Business Wire)–LafargeHolcim in the US, its subsidiary, Geocycle, and CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) Monday announced a major milestone in their multi-year initiative with the first barge shipment of power plant coal ash, part of a project which will result in the recovery and recycling of more than six million tons of coal ash for
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JEFFERSON CITY – Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 89,861 deer during opening weekend of the November portion of firearms deer season Nov. 13 and 14. Of the 89,861 deer harvested, 54,415 were antlered bucks, 7,187 were button bucks, and 28,259 were does. Top harvest counties
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) thanks the many deer hunters who participated in its mandatory sampling efforts in 34 counties Nov. 13 and 14 to find cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in harvested deer. Thanks to hunter participation, MDC collected tissue samples of lymph nodes from more than 18,700 hunter-harvested
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JEFFERSON CITY — Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the Missouri State Highway Patrol will again join members of Concerns of Police Survivors in paying tribute to fallen officers and showing support for law enforcement by participating in Project Blue Light. General Headquarters, division offices, and troop headquarters buildings
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JEFFERSON CITY — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is pleased to announce that the Missouri State Library, a division within his office, will partner with Gale, part of the Cengage Group, to offer adult residents in Missouri the opportunity to earn a high school diploma through participating libraries in the state. The state library has subscribed
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Supporters say the state of Missouri will receive more than $65 billion from the federal infrastructure bill President Biden signed into law Monday afternoon, making good on a key campaign promise and delivering a once-in-a-generation investment in the nation’s crumbling infrastructure. Missouri Democratic Party Chair Michael Butler released the following statement celebrating
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JEFFERSON CITY—The Missouri Public Service Commission has approved an agreement between the Public Service Commission Staff (Staff) and Spire Missouri (Spire) which grants Spire a certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN) to construct, own, operate and maintain a natural gas distribution system providing natural gas service in Buchanan County. The CCN would be a further
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