Regional News

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announces the state minimum wage rate for 2022 has been established, according to state law, at $11.15 per hour, effective January 1, 2022. Pursuant to Proposition B, which was approved by Missouri voters on November 6, 2018, the minimum wage will increase 85 cents per […]

JEFFERSON CITY –Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is asking parents for help in identifying school districts that are continuing to violate a recent Cole County Circuit Court order. Parents are urged to reach out directly to the Attorney General’s Office if their school district is continuing to enforce mask mandates, quarantines, and other similar COVID-19

JEFFERSON CITY  – Ahead of President Biden’s scheduled visit to Kansas City, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sent a letter to the President reminding him that his policies have negatively impacted Missourians. The letter begins with, “In Missouri and around the country, things are worse now than before you took office.  Families are spending more for

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Geological Survey, a division of the Department of Natural Resources, recently made it easy to locate groundwater observation wells in Missouri using an online GIS application. “This new online tool aids business, industry, agriculture and citizens in locating groundwater observation wells and data, precipitation, along with soil moisture data in a

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Chair of the House Suburban Caucus, released the following statement after she voted in support of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act: “This year’s National Defense Authorization Act fully supports the men and women of our armed forces at a critical time in our nation’s history.  Our adversaries

WASHINGTON – At the weekly Republican leadership press conference Tuesday, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) underscored the harmful impact the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate will have on U.S. employers, adding to the labor force and supply chain challenges that are already roiling the economy. Blunt has been vaccinated and  repeatedly  encouraged those who are eligible

CAPE GIRARDEAU — United Way of Southeast Missouri is asking the public to complete a brief survey that will help guide future initiatives and funding. The survey can be completed online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B7RS2F6 or by visiting the organization’s website: www.unitedwayofsemo.org. Printed copies of a condensed survey can be picked up in the United Way office

JEFFERSON CITY –The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tuesday released delayed proposed biofuel blending volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The agency proposed biofuel blending requirements, allowing for 15 billion gallons of corn-based ethanol for 2022. The proposed volumes also include 12.5 billion gallons of conventional biofuels for 2020, typically comprised of corn-based ethanol.

JEFFERSON CITY – Governor Mike Parson has ordered U.S. and Missouri flags be flown at half-staff at all government buildings in Washington County, the Firefighter Memorial of Missouri in Kingdom City, and fire houses statewide today, Wednesday, December 8, 2021, from sunrise to sunset in honor of Belgrade Firefighter James Dale Jenkins.  “We are saddened to