JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri WIC is temporarily increasing the Cash Value Benefit for Fruit and Vegetable Purchases (CVB) during November and December to $24 per month for children, $43 per month for pregnant and postpartum participants and $47 per month for breastfeeding participants. Standard CVB values range from $9-11. WIC is the Department of Health […]
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO, OCT. 27, 2021 – To safely and effectively manage the deer population in some state parks, Missouri State Parks and the Missouri Department of Conservation are coordinating efforts to hold managed deer hunts. The following parks will be closed for managed deer hunts Saturday, Nov. 6 and Sunday, Nov. 7. Edmund A. Babler
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JEFFERSON CITY – On Wednesday, Missouri attorney General Eric Schmitt announced his intention to file suit to halt the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and federally contracted employees: “My Office has been a national leader in pushing back on federal overreach and mask mandates, stopping power hungry bureaucrats in their tracks. The Biden Administration is seeking
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JEFFERSON CITY—The Missouri Public Service Commission’s Cold Weather Rule, designed to help customers with heat-related utility bills, begins on November 1, 2021. The rule will remain in effect through March 31, 2022. It has been a part of the Commission’s rules and regulations since 1977. The Cold Weather Rule applies to natural gas and electric
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – To help meet the country’s growing demand for veterinary technicians, the University of Missouri has partnered with Jefferson College in Hillsboro, Missouri, to create a new transfer agreement for veterinary technology students. The ‘two plus two’ agreement allows undergraduate students who earn a two-year associate’s degree in veterinary technology at Jefferson College
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JEFFERSON CITY – As little ghosts and goblins embark on their quests for candy this weekend, the Missouri Department of Transportation is urging trick-or-treaters and drivers to stay alert for each other. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, children are three times more likely to be struck and killed by a car on
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SPRINGFIELD – On Tuesday, the ACLU of Missouri joined law firm Zuckerman Spaeder in filing a complaint against Jack Henry & Associates, Inc., The Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. Group Health Benefit Plan, UMR, Inc., and Quantum Health, Inc. for denying medically necessary healthcare coverage in violation of ERISA, the Parity Act, and federal and
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt Monday joined a lawsuit brought by Ohio and ten other states against the Biden Administration, challenging a federal rule change that would allow taxpayer dollars to be used to encourage and support abortions. The lawsuit, filed yesterday in the U.S. Southern District of Ohio, seeks to reinstate rule changes
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ST. LOUIS — The National Weather Service in St. Louis last night reported their damage survey teams found evidence of five tornado touchdowns in its coverage area Sunday. One of the tornadoes passed through the River Region. An EF3 twister with winds up to 150 miles an hour, was on the ground for more than
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COLUMBIA — When Lori Popejoy and Amy Vogelsmeier were working as registered nurses early in their careers, they saw firsthand how quickly respiratory infections, such as the common flu, could spread in nursing homes. “Outbreaks of respiratory infections are notoriously hard to control in places like nursing homes because you typically have enclosed spaces where
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