Suppose you are a landowner or leaseholder seeking a way to notify deer, turkey, or mushroom hunters, fishermen, UTV joyriders, or folks on a float trip who use your property to disembark. In that …
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Trespassers beware: Missouri’s Purple Paint Law
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4/25/25
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The past few weeks have been eventful, as the state legislature reconvened after returning to Jefferson City from “spring break,” marking the symbolic midpoint of …
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By Mark Fiegenbaum
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4/14/25
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Missouri House Republicans recently voted (in HB 567) to repeal much of Proposition A, the minimum wage and family leave ballot measure approved by voters last November.
Is it right to undo what …
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Ron Calzone
Director, Missouri First, Inc
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4/14/25
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If you’re an FFA alumnus, you’re familiar with the officer stations featured in the opening ceremony of each meeting. For those who aren’t, each officer recites a script …
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By Janet Adkison
Missouri Farm Bureau
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4/7/25
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In my 35 years of work here at Owensville EMS, I have worked with countless fire chiefs, assistant chiefs and volunteers of the Owensville Fire Department.
I learned a …
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BY Karen Hubenthal-Arnold administrator. Owensville Area Ambulance District
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4/7/25
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In Missouri, landowner property rights have come under increasing pressure due to large-scale infrastructure projects, particularly high-voltage transmission lines and renewable energy developments …
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3/5/25
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Instead of focusing on esoteric and special or personal interests, there are many areas that need to be addressed in the new legislative session that begins on Jan. 8 that could improve the lives of …
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By Janice Ellis, Missouri Independent
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12/18/24
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October 15th marked the start of Medicare’s annual open enrollment period. Seniors can choose to stay on their current plan or switch to a new one. But this year, that choice is far more …
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By Marvell Adams Jr., CEO, Caregiver Action Network
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11/20/24
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Participation in school activities can help your community or schools. For example being in a club, participating in class and other activities. Always speaking up when wondering or questioning …
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By Kaydence Pierce
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11/13/24
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Government programs are not known for moving at a rapid pace. Often, work in the public policy sector is laborious and time-consuming, sometimes taking decades to make significant progress. …
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BY Emily LeRoy, Senior Policy Advisor, Missouri Farm Bureau
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11/13/24
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This time of year is often called football season. Others may call it sweater weather and pumpkin spice latte time. I can almost get on board with those descriptions, but for farmers it’s …
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BY Matt Moreland, Missouri Farm Bureau
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11/6/24
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October marks Domestic Violence Aw areness Month, a time when we, as a society, must reflect on the pervasive and insidious nature of domestic violence, and strengthen our commitment to supporting …
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10/16/24
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Shocking documentation of recently released records of sex-change surgeries performed on minors in various states should alert voters in Missouri that such is on the horizon if Amendment No. 3 …
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BY David C. Drury
Attorney at Law
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10/9/24
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Politically, I’m a lifelong centrist.
I believe this nation survives and thrives based on the good people in the “middle” who are willing to talk sensibly across the aisle, and …
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9/25/24
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Every August, thousands of Missourians converge upon Sedalia for 11 days of food, fun and fellowship during the Missouri State Fair. The Missouri Farm Bureau building is always a hotbed of activity, …
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BY TYLER MADSEN
Staff Managing Editor of Show Me MOFB Magazine & Communications Strategist, MOFB Public Affairs & Advocacy
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9/4/24
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Even though I haven’t voted for a Democrat in this century (did many times before), I wasn’t one of those who called them communists. It seemed like overkill.
Naive, yes. …
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BY Roger Simon, americanrefugees.substack.com
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9/4/24
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What happened to Evelyn?
What happened to Marsha?
These questions still come up among my friends from high school 55 years later. Both disappeared from our high school class after they …
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By FRANCES LEVINE, For the Missouri Independent
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8/21/24
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Stand for the Silent, an organization helping to stop bullying, is helping to make schools safer
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., — Increasingly, people consider their child’s safety at school, …
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8/21/24
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In case you missed it, athletes competing at the Olympic Games in Paris, France, are crying foul about the lack of meat-based protein options in the Olympic Village.
“Disaster” is …
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BY GARRETT HAWKINS, President, Missouri Farm Bureau
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8/7/24
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Now that we have had the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, did either exhibit the qualities and competencies to earn your vote?
Electing the best candidate is not up …
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By Janice Ellis, For the Missouri Independen
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7/10/24
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