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What Happened This Week at the Capitol
This week at the Missouri State Capitol, the House of Representatives continued advancing legislation focused on government accountability, public safety, education transparency, and economic stability for Missouri families. Lawmakers debated and...
All through the fall hunting season, those of us who love to hunt waterfowl prayed for rain. The one thing you need for great duck hunting is plenty of water, and we just didn't have it. It is unbelievable that in surveying dozens of ponds in the Ozarks I never saw a mallard or even a gadwall....
Thumbs DOWN to the MSBA/Willow Schools forum: a school employee instead of an MSBA rep was the host with very few questions asked. I lost two hours this week: one to Daylight Savings, and one to this atrocity.
Thumbs UP to the way the community came together for girls basketball.
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It looks like we’ve turned the corner and spring is upon us! It’s time to start thinking about gardens and flower beds, rain, hatching chicks and plans for Easter. Here at the library we are busy putting plans together for our Collaborative Summer Reading Programs. We are planning to have...
Dear Constituents,
It seems like the past month of the legislative session has gone by way too fast as I have worked hard to represent our shared values in Jefferson City. Over the past month, I have stood up against compact agreements that cede our state’s sovereignty to unelected...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned... There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body (1 Corinthians 15:44).
As I once again examine...
Proposition 1 asks voters to repeal the existing one-half cent capital improvement tax and replace it with a 1/2 cent sales tax. The original capital improvement tax restricted spending to road materials, culverts and contracted improvements for the county's Road and Bridge Department.
The...
Greetings Friends of the 155th District!
This week, I officially filed to run again for State Representative of the 155th District. It has truly been one of the greatest honors of my life to serve the people of this district. Representing our families, farmers, small business owners, and...
In a recent letter, Maxine and Ken Horgan claim that the proposed 2026 constitutional amendment would allow women to be charged with murder for miscarriages and represents an attempt by Rep. Lisa Durnell, Sen. Bennie Cook, and Sen. Brad Hudson to impose their religious beliefs on Missouri voters...
John 19:26-27 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, "Woman, here is your son," and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
There were many subtle miracles performed at the...