Regional News

JEFFERSON CITY –Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick today announced that MOST, Missouri’s 529 Education Plan, has again received a Silver rating from Morningstar, an investment research company. Each year, Morningstar assigns ratings to education savings plans based on cost, performance, tax benefits, and oversight. Nationally, only 11 plans received a Silver Medal rating, while three […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) and House Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (KY-01), in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), excoriated the Biden Administration over its efforts to shortchange the federal rulemaking process in order to impose a national vaccine mandate on employers

COLUMBIA – Missouri REALTORS® is pleased to share with you a monthly statistics report highlighting the Missouri real estate market for the month of September, including quarterly results. In the month of September, Missouri REALTORS® sold 9,020 residential properties. Of those sales, the average residential property sold for $265,715. Compared to the average sale price of

JEFFERSON CITY – With deer hunting under way in Missouri, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and A.T. Still University in Kirksville are asking deer hunters to save ticks they find on harvested deer and mail them to the University. The ticks will be used for a scientific research study to help better understand the

By Garrett Hawkins     Indianapolis is the place to be this week as tens of thousands of FFA members descend upon the city. My Facebook feed is filled with photos shared by my hometown FFA chapter and others. I can feel the excitement through my phone! A few years have passed since I attended my

JEFFERSON CITY – Governor Mike Parson announced yesterday that he has issued Executive Order 21-10 to protect the individual rights of Missourians against overreaching federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates.  Governor Parson released the following statement regarding the Order: “As the Governor of the State of Missouri, I stand with concerned Missourians and will do all I can

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft visited two schools in Nixa, Missouri yesterday to show his support for student learning after the school day is over.  Ashcroft exchanged ideas with students at Summit Intermediate and High Pointe Elementary as part of Lights on Afterschool, a national observance where 1 million people participate

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

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