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More than one month has passed by since the end of the legislative session, and more than 50 bills await the signature of Gov. Mike Parson.
To date, the governor has acted on nine of the 62 …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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6/28/23
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I want to make people aware of what they will never hear anywhere else. I wrote about killing blacksnakes and black vultures and brown-headed cowbirds and I ran into a self-appointed wanna-be …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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6/21/23
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M y wife, Connie, and I were not very active in sports as we grew up. Our two boys participated in little league soccer and baseball. Our daughter was the opposite. She spent five days a week in the …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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6/21/23
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Talking with a friend about the debt ceiling negotiations, I mentioned that there were incentives for centrists in Congress to cobble together a deal. My friend said, incredulously, “Do we …
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By Matt Harris
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6/21/23
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I said in last week’s column that I would write about the fourth venomous snake in the Ozarks and I will. That snake is the hog-nosed snake, or spreading adder, as it is also known. Yes, it has …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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6/14/23
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Nearly one month has passed since the end of the 2023 legislative session, and of the 62 bills truly agreed and passed by the General Assembly, seven more have officially been signed into law.
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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6/14/23
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B ody integrity identity disorder, or BIID is the latest disorder you may, or may not have seen in the news. According to Wikipedia, it “is a mental disorder characterized by a desire to have a …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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6/14/23
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There’s nothing quite like a “Farm Bill Year.”
For those engaged in agricultural policymaking, it’s a pretty big deal. When farm bills come around, policy wonks love to …
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BY Spencer Tuma
Director of National Legislative Affairs, Missouri Farm Bureau
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6/14/23
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A local game warden got himself a radio show on a Lebanon, Missouri radio station several years ago and he ended it each week with this statement, “Remember, if we (the MDC) don’t say you …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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6/7/23
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O n Good Friday, April 8, 1966, Time magazine published its iconic cover with three simple words: Is God Dead? Today, 57 years later, many in our society have turned away from God. They don’t …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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6/7/23
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The interim, the period of time between sessions, for this Missouri legislator is my time for cleaning up from the past session and preparing to start over for the next.
The May 12 paper toss …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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6/7/23
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To the Editor:
I must question the judiciousness of anyone who takes, at face value, anything said by a national politician (or the government as a whole).
Pointing out a politician’s …
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6/7/23
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On May 11, House Republicans passed a sweeping bill that, if enacted, would largely end the illegal immigration crisis.
Of course, the legislation -- dubbed H.R. 2 -- stands little chance of …
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BY CHRIS CHMIELENSKI
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6/7/23
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Millions of Americans will soon lose Medicaid coverage, as some pandemic-era provisions that kept people continuously enrolled in the program expire.
But those who find themselves newly …
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By Janet Trautwein
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6/7/23
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A ccording to the United States Department of Treasury, the term money laundering “refers to financial transactions in which criminals, including terrorist organizations, attempt to disguise …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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5/31/23
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Across Missouri this weekend, families and friends gathered for barbeques, attending sports tournaments, perhaps heading to the lake for some fishing or boating, and students celebrate the school …
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By Blaine Luetkemeyer, 3rd District Congressman
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5/31/23
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In this past legislative session, one of the issues discussed was the Presidential Primary election cycle. One of the freshman legislators is a former political science professor, Representative …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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5/31/23
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To the Editor:
As we observe National Foster Care Month, Central Missouri Foster Care & Adoption Association reflects on the importance of the foster care system and its crucial role in the …
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5/31/23
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Missouri Farm Bureau (MOFB) applauds today’s (May 25, 2023) decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Sackett v. EPA. The Court took a crucial step forward by doing away with the flawed significant …
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BY GARRETT HAWKINS, President, Missouri Farm Bureau
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5/31/23
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The closing days of Missouri’s legislature were among the most dysfunctional I’ve covered in more than one half century.
Filibusters by Senate Republican conservatives blocked action …
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By Phill Brooks, Contributing Columnist
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5/31/23
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