Regional News

KANSAS CITY — The Mountain-Plains Information Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today released Consumer Expenditures for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area: 2019-20. The release provides annual household expenditures, percentage shares, and selected demographic characteristics for households in the St. Louis area for the period 2019-20.  Regional Commissioner Michael Hirniak noted the following: […]

PARK HILLS — The Mineral Area College Board of Trustees will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 4, 2021, in the VanHerck Board Room at the Park Hills campus.

BOSTON, Mass. — Missouri gas prices have risen 5.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.12/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Gas prices in Missouri are 26.4 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.36/g higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price

JEFFERSON CITY – Representatives from Missouri State Parks invite the public to the biannual Missouri Trails Advisory board meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 13. The meeting will be held virtually through Webex. To receive an invite to the board meeting, please email the request to mspgrants@dnr.mo.gov by Thursday, Nov. 11 or call 650-479-3207 at 10

CAPE GIRARDEAU – Discover nature this month with Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center’s free events lineup including five hand-picked programs highlighting archery, cooking outside, a Mississippi River cleanup opportunity, and a special Black Friday nature walk! Nature Center at Night: Nature Arts and Crafts | 5:30 – 7 p.m. on Friday,

By Jason Smith      Washington Democrats would have you believe that the most pressing issue in our country right now is passing their tax-and-spend socialist agenda. Meanwhile, they continue turning a blind eye to the very crises the Biden administration has created – most notably, the crisis we are facing at our southern border. Since

By Christena Garduno       Gender bias in the workplace is a well-documented issue, with research showing women earn consistently less money than men and get fewer of the top leadership jobs. And now the new wave of remote working is magnifying gender gaps, a study shows. As companies continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and

WASHINGTON, D.C. —On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 to include children 5 through 11 years of age. The authorization was based on the FDA’s thorough and transparent evaluation of the data that included input from independent advisory committee experts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Missouri Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO-02)  and Arizona Congressman Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-01), members of the Bipartisan Task Force to End Sexual Violence, have re-introduced the Help End Abusive Living Situations (HEALS) Act, legislation to assist survivors of domestic violence to rapidly secure safe housing situations. “Survivors of intimate partner violence, stalking, and sexual