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The National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice, Southern Soybean and Corn, Delta States Irrigation, and the Southern Precision Ag Conferences will be held Jan. 27-28 at the Hilton Convention …
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s clemency legacy is marred by …
1 day ago · Missouri Gov. Mike Parson delivers the annual State of the State speech Jan. 24, 2024, to a joint legislative session, with House Speaker Dean Plocher and Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe seated behind him (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).Mike Parson wants to be remembered as the clemency governor.
Flat tax proposals aim to put Missouri on path to eliminate income …
Dec 11, 2024 · Sen. Curtis Trent, a Republican from Springfield, introduces a bill on the Senate floor on Feb. 12 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).Six Republicans in the Missouri Senate want to start the debate over whether to eliminate the state income tax with a move to a …
The battle over Missouri’s minimum wage didn’t end with …
1 day ago · Heather Overstreet, owner of Top Dog Training in Boonville, explains the impact of a higher minimum wage on her small business. Her business includes a 10,000 square foot outdoor area to exercise dogs.
Johnson wins Trump’s endorsement to continue as U.S. House …
Dec 30, 2024 · U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks as former President Donald Trump looks on at a press conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on April 12, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida.
Louisiana’s Mike Johnson elected U.S. House speaker by GOP in …
4 days ago · U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., center, and Rep. Marjorie Tayler Greene, R-Ga., left, talk with fellow representatives as they arrive for the first day of the 119th Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans on Friday elected Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson as their ...
An autopsy of the 2024 election - Perryville Republic Monitor
5 days ago · Donald Trump talks about his presidential campaign and the importance of turning out the vote at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, before the polls open on Nov. 5 (Anna Liz Nichols/Michigan Advance).A divisive election season full of twists and turns is now over.
U.S. House Dems elevate Connolly, Craig and Huffman to …
Dec 17, 2024 · The U.S. Capitol, on Nov. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)U.S. House Democrats awarded committee leadership positions to three members on Tuesday, completing a post-election shakeup that saw some longtime lawmakers ousted.
Business groups file legal challenge to voter-approved minimum …
Dec 9, 2024 · The Supreme Court of Missouri in Jefferson City, as photographed on May 24, 2023 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).Missouri’s new law boosting the minimum wage and providing paid sick leave for workers should be thrown out because it violated constitutional rules on ballot initiatives, a coalition of business advocacy groups argued in a lawsuit filed Friday.
Republicans will control Congress. But a slim House majority may …
Dec 4, 2024 · U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., arrives for the Senate Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images).WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans huddled behind closed doors Tuesday to plot the path forward for the unified control of government they won in the November elections, though GOP senators said afterward a very narrow House ...