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Republican legislators have unblinkingly voiced displeasure with the Missouri Department of Transportation during this year's legislative session. With billions of dollars of surplus funds in the state treasury, lawmakers are considering how — or whether — to use a billion of those dollars to...
This week, the focus in the Missouri Senate shifted to the state operating budget for Fiscal Year 2024. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I spent the week reviewing 14 appropriations bills passed by the House of Representatives. During “mark-up,” we looked at each line of every...
The Vital Importance of Understanding History    Isaiah 51:1-2 - Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, and seek the Lord: look to the solid rock, which ye have hewn, and to the hole of the pit which ye have dug. Look to Abraam your father, and to Sarrha that bore you. (Brenton's...
Senate Republican leaders pushed back strongly Thursday against a House-passed version of a bill banning gender transition health care that did not include Senate compromises. "We've already passed legislation on this issue," Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden said. "We would expect the...
Concerns both old and new were heard Wednesday at the latest of a series of hearings on Senate Bill 4, the broad education bill which includes language known as the Parents' Bill of Rights. SB 4 passed the Senate after lengthy debate and will have to be approved by the House to become law. If...
Greetings from Jefferson City. We only have four weeks left in session so things are starting to move very quickly regarding how much legislation we are now hearing on the House Floor.  One of the many great things about the 155th District is the beauty of living in an area in which we are...
Nahum 1:7 - The Lord is good to them that wait on him in the day of affliction; and he knows them that reverence him. (Brenton's 1851 Greek Septuagint)  David gladly acknowledged, "How good is God to Israel, to the upright in heart!" Then, during his affliction, he briefly turned his eyes from...
Marijuana is legal in Missouri, but driving a car, bus, truck, boat or motorcycle under its influence isn't. The bar for being DUI on marijuana in Missouri is stated as no level of THC is permitted while driving in Missouri. Alcohol diminishes from the system much quicker than marijuana. Using...
The Knights of Columbus would like to thank all those who supported our annual fish fries. We would especially like to thank the local businesses who support us each year: G&W, Town & Country, MFA Propane, Restaurant Supplies for the fish, and Howell County News. We would also like to...
Paul Thomas Ordway was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on July 26, 1947, to William and Helen (McBride) Ordway. He went to be with the Lord on April 12, 2023, in West Plains, Missouri. Paul's family moved to Miami, Florida, when he was 9 years old. He married his wife, Brenda, on February 15...

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