If you were a legislator would you have voted for the Missouri gas tax increase if you’d known that you’d be paying over $4 – a gallon one year later? Senator Rick Brattin says he never supported the law that will have you forking over almost 30 – cents a …
Read More »Thunderstorms clobber Rolla, Phelps County
Storm damage is being cleaned up in and around Rolla yesterday after yesterday’s severe thunderstorm. The roof partially collapsed on the Stuckeys on I-44 but no one was hurt. There also reports of a home and barns being damaged. Emergency crews had to do several water rescues and there were …
Read More »Congressional candidate says inflation is really hurting Mid – Missouri
A former Boone County clerk who’s seeking the GOP nomination for Missouri’s fourth congressional district is slamming the Biden administration’s handling of inflation. Hartsburg’s Taylor Burks says the industries being impacted by inflation are the ones hit hardest by COVID: Inflation has remained near 40-year highs.
Read More »McCloskeys can’t help right wing group
AP — The Missouri Supreme Court denied a request by U.S. Senate candidate Mark McCloskey and his wife to give free legal advice to a conservative activist group as a condition of their professional probation, but McCloskey said Thursday he’ll try to find another right-wing organization to represent. Mark and …
Read More »Maybe you don’t need a JCMO business license
If you have a one –person home based business operating out of your garage, should you still have to go to City Hall and pay for a business license? A new state law would exempt those Mom and Pop ‘no – impact’ companies from needing that city license … 4th …
Read More »Who will get the Missouri income tax rebates?
(AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday said he’s concerned about a one-time tax credit bill awaiting his approval. The bill lawmakers sent to Parson calls for up to a $500 nonrefundable tax credit for single workers and a maximum of $1,500 for married couples filing jointly, although the …
Read More »Congressional maps signed by Governor
(AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed new U.S. House districts into law Wednesday that are expected to shore up Republican strength in the state’s most competitive congressional district ahead of this year’s elections. The new voting districts took effect immediately, meaning they will be place for the Aug. 2 primary. …
Read More »Pennsylvania race too close to call
AP – John Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, easily won the state’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, but the Republican race appeared headed for a recount. Fetterman now faces the winner of the Republican primary, which was a two-candidate race early Wednesday with celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz holding a …
Read More »Mid – Mo lawmaker says a lot of smaller school districts don’t like teacher pay hike
While he voted for it, a key Missouri House committee chair wishes lawmakers had handled the issue of starting teacher pay differently. House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee Chair Chuck Basye tells KWOS that school administrators don’t like the Legislature’s decision to increase the baseline salary for new Missouri teachers …
Read More »New justice joins SCOMO
The first Black woman to serve as a judge on the Missouri Supreme Court was sworn in on Tuesday morning. The oath of office was given to Judge Robin Ransom at the Missouri Supreme Court building . The judge had served on the Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals.
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