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Missouri
Gasoline, Missouri
Senators renew push for year-round E15 fuel use, including in Missouri

(The Center Square) – A bipartisan group of senators is asking the Biden administration again to allow the sale of E15 fuel throughout the year.  The Environmental Protection… Read More

March 2, 2023
Missouri
Missouri’s unemployment remains low; cost of living rated 6th lowest in U.S.

(The Center Square) – Missouri’s unemployment rate continues to be at a record level and its cost of living is one of the lowest in the nation, according to reports… Read More

March 2, 2023
Education, Missouri
Missouri State University clings to robust Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs and ‘loyalty oaths’ despite nationwide retreat from them

Even as companies, universities and whole states back away from divisive and legally suspect Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs, Missouri State University is all in – even requiring job applicants… Read More

March 1, 2023
Courts, Missouri
Prosecutor Kim Gardner no-show at bill hearing addressing violent crime in St. Louis

Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner was absent from a legislative hearing on a measure that would allow an appointment of her replacement in the prosecution of violent crime. Read More

February 28, 2023
Missouri, Springfield
Springfield’s ‘Wonders of Wildlife’ selected as contestant for America’s Best Aquarium for fifth year

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – USA Today is once again running a contest for “America’s Best Aquarium” and Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and… Read More

February 28, 2023
Missouri
Federal audit: Missouri must refund $34.2M for bad Medicaid reimbursements

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general found the state of Missouri must refund $34.2 million to the federal government due to unqualified… Read More

February 28, 2023
Missouri, Springfield
Springfield City Council gives approval to purchase multimillion-dollar Hammons Field to keep Cardinals in town

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – City council members have given final approval to purchase Hammons Field, home to the Springfield Cardinals. The first installment of the Springfield Cardinals,… Read More

February 27, 2023
Courts, Missouri
Missouri attorney general: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s words and actions, court records, confirm ‘willful neglect’ of office

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has unashamedly said that in 2018 she declined to prosecute 64% of the cases brought to her… Read More

February 27, 2023
Courts, Missouri
Judges withdraw from Missouri attorney general’s ouster suit against St. Louis circuit attorney, citing ethics

(The Center Square) – Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s legal action to remove Democrat St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner won’t be tried in the court where it was… Read More

February 24, 2023
Missouri
Church media director shares iconic, forgotten Ash Grove, Missouri history via skills picked up at vo-tech school

ASH GROVE, Mo. – Jacob Ruchotzke had no idea what he wanted to do in life – until, at 19, his parents inspired him to learn a trade. Read More

February 24, 2023
Education, Missouri
Nearly 40% of Missouri’s $10B education dept. budget reflects ‘mission creep’ and ‘bureaucratic bloat,’ says lawmaker

(The Heartlander) — Of the $10 billion allotted to K-12 education in Missouri’s current budget, $4 billion may never make it to the classroom. If that staggering amount of money… Read More

February 23, 2023
Missouri, Sports
Christians in Action offers new sporting opportunities for student athletes in Marshfield area

MARSHFIELD, Mo. – Sports have been a favorite pastime for student athletes at traditional public schools throughout the years. One organization in Marshfield is offering the same opportunity… Read More

February 23, 2023
Education, Missouri
Think tank distills Missouri’s $10B education budget into 48-page report

(The Center Square) – More than a thousand pages are submitted during the Missouri legislative session on the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s $10 billion budget. Susan Pendergrass, director… Read More

February 22, 2023
Education, Missouri
Former presidential advisor Kellyanne Conway urges Missouri legislators to enact school choice

As Missouri appears poised to spend an unprecedented amount of money on K-12 education, it must spend it wisely – meaning school choice and an “education renaissance” in… Read More

February 22, 2023
Biden administration, Missouri
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, 19 other AGs, join bishops in condemning FBI memo profiling ‘Latin Mass’ Catholics

(The Center Square) – Missouri Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey and 19 other attorneys general joined Catholic bishops protesting religious profiling in a leaked Federal Bureau of Investigation memo. Last… Read More

February 21, 2023
Missouri, Second Amendment
Two dozen AGs sue Biden’s ATF for taxing, registering pistol braces

(The Center Square) – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined 24 other attorneys general in suing the Biden administration for its rule outlawing pistol braces. The regulation will… Read More

February 20, 2023
Education, Missouri
Reeds Spring School District breaks ground on Table Rock Career Center

REEDS SPRING, Mo. – Residents in the Reeds Spring area can expect a new and improved career center after voters approved a $40 million no-tax-increase bond a year… Read More

February 17, 2023
Gender Transition, Missouri
Hawley files bills, launches investigation of St. Louis Children’s Hospital, to protect children from social media and gender transitions

Bills have been filed and an investigation launched by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley to protect children from both Big Tech and gender transition treatments. One Hawley bill would authorize patient… Read More

February 16, 2023
Gender Transition, Missouri
Missouri doctor claims entire fifth grade group is transgender without meeting them

A doctor at a Missouri transgender clinic under investigation advised a school that an entire 5th grade friend group is transgender, despite no personal knowledge of the students. After… Read More

February 16, 2023
Education, Missouri
Drury University, Nixa Public Schools partner in hybrid student teaching program to tackle teacher shortage

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Drury University and Nixa Public Schools have teamed up to form a hybrid model of student teaching for undergrad students at the college. Read More

February 16, 2023