Businesses, large and small, are being marketed during this Buy Missouri Week which is underway. About 150 businesses are part of the state’s Buy Missouri program to promote Missouri-made goods. Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe says the website his office runs, called Buy Missouri, is a good place to go shopping and find gifts. […]
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Missouri Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe to visit Hamilton
The location and time have been released of Missouri Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe’s visit to Caldwell County as part of the first Buy Missouri Week. Buy Missouri and Tourism Director Casey Hogg reports Kehoe will visit the Missouri Star Quilt Company of Hamilton Thursday, October 18th at 2:30. The event is open to the public. […]
Missouri Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe to visit area counties
Missouri Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe will visit several counties as part of the first Buy Missouri Week, which starts Saturday. Area counties he will visit in northern Missouri include Caldwell and Adair. A representative from Kehoe’s office says the locations of the visits are expected to be finalized Friday, October 12. Kehoe says Buy Missouri […]
Livingston County Library to host “The Walking Dead” day
The Livingston County Library will host “The Walking Dead” day on October 13th, which commemorates the world’s favorite, long-running, survival Image/Skybound Entertainment comic by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. Participants can stop by the front desk during open hours of 9-4 to choose your free The Walking Dead swag, including a Walking Dead Day special giveaway […]
Audio: Attorney for former Governor Greitens’ nonprofit trying to get lawsuit against it tossed
The attorney for former Governor Eric Greitens nonprofit is trying to get a lawsuit against it dismissed. Catherine Hanaway pointed out in court last week that Missouri law requires anybody who brings a lawsuit to have been impacted in some way by the defendant. She said lawyer Elad Gross, who brought the court case, had […]
Kingston K-14 School District named National Blue Ribbon School
The United States Department of Education has named an area school as a National Blue Ribbon School. Kingston Elementary of the Kingston K-14 School District is one of eight Missouri schools that received the award. The award recognizes schools that perform at high academic levels or perform at high levels while serving a significant proportion […]
Audio: SNAP wants Missouri Governor Parson to get involved in clergy investigation
An organization that provides support for victims of sexual abuse is calling on Missouri’s governor to insist that Attorney General Josh Hawley use subpoena powers to expand a statewide clergy sex abuse inquiry. The Survivors Network for Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) will hold a press conference at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson […]
Audio: Concerns raised after 20,000 recipients dropped from Missouri Medicaid in one month
(Missourinet) – About 16,000 children and 4,000 parents fell off the Medicaid rolls in Missouri between June and July, the biggest drop-off in over a decade. A shortage of 150 workers at the program’s outsourced call center is being blamed as part of the problem. State Medicaid Oversight Committee Chairman Tim McBribe thinks low wages at […]
Missouri DNR awards area communities impacted by drought a total of $1M to assist with water systems
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is awarding almost $1 million to help eight community water systems in northwest Missouri counties hardest hit by drought. The department made this emergency funding available in response to Governor Parson’s Executive Order No 18-05. The funding will assist with construction projects intended to ensure drought-impacted small communities are able […]
Audio: Chairman of Missouri committee investigating Greitens speaks out about Greitens legal team strategies
(Missourinet) – For the first time, State Representative Jay Barnes is opening up about a Missouri House committee’s investigation on former Governor Eric Greitens. Barnes, a Jefferson City Republican who chaired the committee, says those who think Greitens was railroaded out of office, need to read the committee’s reports. Barnes says most people who […]
Audio: Missouri Governor Parson emphasizes workforce development during St. Louis visit
(Missourinet) – Missouri’s governor is calling for mutually beneficial city and state partnership opportunities. Governor Mike Parson spent the entire day Friday in St. Louis, as a guest of Democratic Mayor Lyda Krewson. Parson says infrastructure and workforce development are the two most important issues facing urban and rural Missouri. The GOP governor spent […]
Audio: Missouri legislature starts special session today
(Missourinet) – Missouri lawmakers are heading back to work today for a special session requested by Governor Mike Parson. The special session will coincide with the annual veto session that takes place on the first Wednesday after the second Monday in September. The veto session is held for the legislature to consider action on […]
Audio: Missouri National Veterans Memorial Wall in Perryville approaches completion
The final panels for the Missouri National Veterans Memorial wall in Perryville are now in place. The memorial wall is an exact replica of the Vietnam War memorial wall in Washington D.C. Perryville City Administrator Brent Buerck says it’s great to have the wall finished, but notes many other aspects of the memorial are still […]
Fired Missouri Public Safety official takes shots at Parson, his replacement Sandra Karsten
Former Missouri Department of Public Safety Director Drew Juden is speaking out about being fired. He thinks he was dismissed by Governor Parson because the governor owes someone a favor. Former State Patrol Superintendent Sandra Karsten has been chosen as Juden’s replacement. Juden says Parson did not ask about any important unfinished business […]
Missouri Department of Labor launches new web portal to promote workplace safety & health
The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Division of Labor Standards has launched a new tool that will give Missouri businesses faster access to resources that help them develop safer and healthier workplaces while saving money on lost time and workers’ compensation insurance costs. On Thursday, September 6, at the Governor’s Conference on Economic […]
Audio: Judge delays decision on whether lawsuit against Greitens nonprofit will move forward
A St. Louis lawyer is trying to force former Republican Governor Eric Greitens’ nonprofit group to disclose its records. Attorney Elad Gross argued his case against the organization, A New Missouri, Thursday at a circuit court in Jefferson City. Joann Sandifer, who represents the nonprofit, thinks Gross is improperly trying to make political advances through […]
Audio: Governor Parson calls special session during veto session to reconsider bills he vetoed
Missouri Republican Governor Mike Parson has called a special session of the state legislature to focus on proposals for STEM education and treatment courts. The special session will take place at the capitol in Jefferson City and will largely coincide with the annual September veto session in which lawmakers can override the governor’s […]
Governor Mike Parson appoints former Trenton teacher to State Board of Education
A former Trenton teacher has been appointed to the State Board of Education by Governor Mike Parson. The announced appointment of Don Claycomb of Linn came during the day on Thursday. Claycomb began teaching agriculture in Tabor, Iowa in 1965. He was an agriculture instructor and FFA advisor at THS and Trenton Junior College for […]
Governor Mike Parson appoints Chillicothe man to Missouri Court of Appeals
Governor Mike Parson appointed Judge Thomas Chapman of Chillicothe to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District Thursday. Chapman will succeed Judge James Welsh who retired in March. Parson said he believes the judge’s rural perspective will add additional balance to the court adding that he has confidence that Chapman will continue to be a […]
A detailed listing of laws that take effect in Missouri on August, 28, 2018
Below is a synopsis of some of the new legislation the Missouri General Assembly recently enacted that is related to crime and motor vehicles. The listed legislation has been signed into law. Unless otherwise noted, these laws went into effect August 28, 2018. The public needs to be aware of several of these new laws […]