In what the American Library Association has called an unprecedented year of censorship, libraries in Missouri are fighting a rule proposed by the secretary of state that would require people younger than 18 to have a parent’s permission to check out books from public and school libraries. Librarians say this amounts to government overreach and censorship. The rule […]
Governor Mike Parson announced four appointments to various boards and commissions and filled three county office vacancies. William Davis Jr., of Springfield, was appointed to the Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners. Mr. Davis has served as Owner and Director of Paul Mitchell the School Missouri Columbia since 2014. He also owned Hairloom Salon in Forsyth for […]
(Missouri Independent) – Andrew Bailey has yet to form a political action committee. So when supporters of the man Gov. Mike Parson tapped to become Missouri’s next attorney general gather Wednesday to raise money for his 2024 campaign, they’ll be writing checks to one of a constellation of PACs affiliated with lobbyist Steve Tilley. Tilley, […]
(Missouri Independent) – Citing concerns about the environment, food security and the fate of family farmers, Missouri legislators have filed several bills that would restrict foreign ownership of agricultural land. Both Democratic and Republican senators have pre-filed bills ahead of the January start of the 2023 Missouri General Assembly session to halt foreign purchases of Missouri […]
Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO) hosted its 2022 Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) Celebration Lunch at the Training for Life Campus on Friday, Dec. 9. This event helped SOMO celebrate all of Missouri law enforcement’s incredible efforts throughout this year and previous years. In 2021, 133 law enforcement agencies across the state raised more than $1.4 million […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 16,032 deer during the antlerless portion of the firearms deer season, Dec. 3-11. Top harvest counties were Callaway with 451 deer harvested, Pike with 412, and Macon with 348. Last year’s antlerless-portion harvest total was 15,019. For current ongoing preliminary […]
(Associated Press – By Jim Salter) – A hearing begins today (Monday) in a case that will decide if the conviction should be overturned for a Missouri man who has spent nearly three decades in prison for a murder that two other people later confessed to committing. Lamar Johnson has long maintained his innocence, and St. […]
(Missourinet – Recreational marijuana use became legalized in Missouri on Thursday, but there is more that residents need to know. Also beginning was the opportunity for existing medical facilities to submit requests to convert to a comprehensive facility license. The process, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, can be […]
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley is calling on the Biden Administration to prioritize sending military aid to Taiwan over Ukraine. The junior Republican from Missouri says China poses the biggest overseas threat to American interests: “There’s no two ways about it. They have been cheating economically for years. They’ve been stealing our jobs. They’ve […]
(Missouri Independent) – The issue of how far legislators can go when they change a bill with amendments will be debated again Tuesday afternoon in a Cole County courtroom. Overland, a city in St. Louis County, is asking Circuit Judge Daniel Green to throw out a 2021 law used as a hammer by Attorney General […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missouri is around four months away from distributing all of the nearly $600 million in emergency housing relief assistance it received as part of federal COVID relief packages, the Missouri Housing Development Commission was informed on Friday. The program, called State Assistance for Housing Relief Program, or SAFHR, includes funds to provide rent […]
The House of Representatives passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, a bipartisan bill that will improve ports and harbors, inland waterway navigation, flood and storm protection, and other water resources infrastructure throughout the United States as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, today. The Senate is expected to take […]
The Board of State Canvassers – comprised of Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Judge Cotton Walker, and Judge Jon Beetem, certified the results of the November 8th general election today. Official results show 2,069,481 Missourians voted in this election – just over 48% of registered voters. “With November’s results official, we are pleased to have […]
To help children learn about staying safe and to raise awareness of missing children, the Department of Public Safety is inviting Missouri fifth graders to participate in the annual National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest. The national winner and his/her parents and teacher will be invited to Washington, D.C. to participate in the 40th annual […]
Procrastinators win the prize in the “Safest Holiday Decorations” category. “In days of old, people rarely brought holiday greenery into the home before Christmas Eve,” says University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Doing so was considered bad luck for the coming year. Today, the holiday season begins with Thanksgiving and lasts through New Year’s […]
(Missouri Independent) – Crista Hogan estimates tens of thousands of people in Greene County are eligible to clean their criminal records of old non-violent misdemeanor and felony offenses — offenses she says limit their access to good-paying jobs and safe housing. But under state law, it requires people to file an arduous petition in court, […]
As of Thursday, the recreational use of marijuana is no longer illegal in Missouri. But there are still some places where it remains a crime, and that includes Mizzou and all other campuses within the University of Missouri System. Doctor Laura Bierut, who studies addiction, is worried that use among youths will increase: […]
United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Joseph Willard, 59, of Cole Camp, Missouri, was convicted at trial of 12 counts of child exploitation offenses arising from his abuse of seven minor children, ranging in age from eight to 17 while pretending to own an international modeling agency. In August 2019, the defendant was […]
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that his Office had recently helped to secure a conviction because of the work his Office has done with the SAFE Kit Initiative. In October of 2022, Garrett Dewayne Belcher Jr. pled guilty to Felony Rape in the First Degree in St. Francois County and was sentenced to 15 […]
Annually, an average of 61 Missouri women die while pregnant or within one year of pregnancy. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is leading the nation in launching the first statewide, interactive dashboard displaying maternal mortality data. “The road to becoming a mother is not always easy. DHSS and the PAMR Board are looking […]
