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With a $1 trillion infrastructure package on the books and the Biden administration’s $1.8 trillion “Build Back Better” measure preoccupying the Senate after passing the House, …
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By Lee H. Hamilton
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1/12/22
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The State Capitol is once again alive with the rush of legislative activity, as the Second Regular Session of the 101st General Assembly gets underway.
This legislative session, which began on …
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BY State Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, Missouri’s 6th District
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1/12/22
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What happened to the ducks this fall? Well we had far too little water here in the lower Midwest, but the big problem was the lack of water in northern breeding grounds of Canada and the Dakotas. Way …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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1/12/22
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We returned to the State Capitol Build- ing this past week for the start of the 2022 legislative session, which is officially the Second Regular Session of the 101st General Assembly.
Leading up …
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BY STATE REP. BRUCE SASSMANN, MISSOURI’S 62ND DISTRICT
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1/12/22
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All prosecutors have what’s known as prosecutorial discretion. This gives them the power to decide whether or not to charge an individual for a crime, and which crime to charge them with.
As …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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1/12/22
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At the end of his call with President Joe Biden on Christmas Eve, Jared Schmeck, a 35-year-old father of four from Oregon, ended his call with “Let’s go, Brandon,” a phrase that has …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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1/5/22
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It may seem hard to believe but another year has come to a close.
For some, I’m sure that’s a blessing, and I know many of us are looking forward to the fresh start promised with the …
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BY State Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, Missouri’s 6th District
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1/5/22
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I wonder sometimes if common sense in our nation is a thing of the past. At a meeting of outdoor writers some greatly admired turkey hunter who worked for the Forest Products Institute told …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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1/5/22
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A Massachusetts college recently issued a ‘stay at home directive’ for students living on campus. This order runs from Jan. 3-17 to combat the new omicron variant of the …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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12/29/21
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As a new year dawns, many of us may find it difficult to be very hopeful about anything as we continue to see so many negative forces impacting our daily lives.
But we all have …
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By Janice Ellis
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12/29/21
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On Jan. 5, 2022, the Missouri Legislature will begin a new session.
Out with the old and in with the new! No legislation is carried over from one year to the next. Every year we start over.
In …
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BY State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 62nd District
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12/29/21
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We had several New-Years Eve celebrations at the pool hall in the sixties. If you want to call it that! Nobody was all excited about seeing the year behind them gone for good, and the worst of winter …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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12/29/21
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Francis B. Church, editor of the New York Sun in 1897, printed his reply to a little girl’s question, “Is there a Santa Claus?” And “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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12/22/21
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I still remember a question I got years ago. It was at a public meeting in southern Indiana, in one of those squat, featureless cinder-block buildings you find all across the country.
This young …
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By Lee H. Hamilton
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12/22/21
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Christmas is one of my favorite times of year.
It provides an opportunity for family and friends to come together and spend time with their loved ones. During Christmastime, people also seem to be …
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BY State Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, Missouri’s 6th District
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12/22/21
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I am going to give some money to needy families to buy presents for kids, not because I have to, but because I want to. It won’t be much because I don’t have a lot to …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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12/22/21
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Some may recognize the headline, “Believe in something bigger than yourself.” I am borrowing it — stole it — from the cover of the Dec. 15 issue of People magazine.
From a …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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12/15/21
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After the pandemic forced many families to alter or cancel plans for get-togethers last year, many of us were looking forward to a more traditional holiday season this year.
Instead, people are …
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By Senator Roy Blunt
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12/15/21
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This year, I’m introducing legislation to change the term and term limits of Missouri Senators and Representatives.
My proposed House Joint Resolution, HJR 77, would change the term …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 62nd House District
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12/15/21
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I found some really nice Christmas cards this past week at the local dollar store, although now, due to the way things are improving in our country it is now called the dollar-and-a-half-store. …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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12/15/21
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