By Garrett Hawkins In March of 2020, there wasn’t a roll of toilet paper to be found. Did you need a new appliance last summer? Good luck taking one home from your local electronics store. What about a new car? Dealerships that I drive by look like they’ve been picked as clean as a pumpkin […]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In a letter to President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Attorney General Schmitt, along with 19 other state attorneys general, voiced opposition to the administration advocating a policy that would provide the federal government with access to nearly every American’s bank account and financial transaction information. “The Biden Administration’s
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri State Representative Dale Wright (R-116) whose district includes portions of Ste. Genevieve and Perry Counties has released his latest Capitol Report. Dale Wright Capitol Report
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PARK HILLS – Mineral Area College (MAC) provides quality, affordable education and has changed the course of countless students’ lives and strengthened the local workforce by preparing highly skilled and employable graduates. MAC’s commitment to educational excellence is dependent on providing a curriculum built upon industry standards and staying up to date on rapidly
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HILLSBORO — For the first time since adding softball and soccer teams in 2005, Jefferson College Viking Athletics will undergo an historic realignment of its sports program while adding four new teams, including the return of men’s basketball, beginning in the fall of 2023. “This is an exciting time to be able to expand the
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While today’s spending by Congress may not suggest as much, our nation does indeed have a debt limit – that is, a cap on how much the federal government can borrow in order to spend. If you turned on the news or read the paper lately, there is a good chance you have seen Democrats
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services has issued a series of recommendations for nursing home payment reform, which are geared towards creating a system of long-term care in Illinois that is safer, more equitable and more dignified for all nursing home residents. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that there is significant
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ROLLA, Mo. — Over the last few weeks, volunteers from American Hiking Society (AHS), AmeriCorps St. Louis, and the Ozark Trail Association (OTA) completed much-needed and intense trail restoration on the Turkey Creek Trail and the Courtois section of the Ozark Trail (OT) on Mark Twain National Forest. The dedication of these volunteer groups has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – The temporary mask mandate put in place at the beginning of the semester on University of Missouri campuses will expire, effective Oct. 16. In the future, masks will no longer be required, but keeping in line with CDC recommendations, UM officials will request that all individuals wear masks in all indoor spaces
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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Gov. Parson has issued a warning to potential hackers. Stay away from Missouri. “We want to be clear, this hack on DESE was more than a simple ‘right click’” he said. “The facts are that an individual accessed source code and then went a step further to convert and decode that
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