Missouri campaign finance laws exist so voters know who is involved in and supports a campaign, as well as how the campaign spends its money.
Ballot measures, candidates and committees are …
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By Julie Allen, For the Missouri Independent
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8/30/23
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Dove season is upon us and there are two or three reasons to avoid it as far as I am concerned. For one thing, I don’t want to hunt in crowds, and I don’t like to get sweat on my shotgun, …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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8/30/23
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True patriots of this country must ask themselves, who is the strongest, most knowledgeable person to fix the innumerable disasters the Biden administration has caused? Biden’s killing of …
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8/30/23
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S anctuary cities, counties, and states and communities calling for their police force to be defunded are witnessing their dreams come true. And those pursuits are coming back to bite them in the …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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8/23/23
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To the Editor:
The weather looks a lot like our politics these days…it dominates the news with its extremism.
We have broad and prolonged heat waves globally, malaria carrying …
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8/23/23
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To the Editor:
At my age, I do not have contact with or knowledge of what is being taught in the Owensville schools and I hope this letter does not apply to our local schools.
As a taxpayer …
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8/23/23
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My whole family gets excited when the calendar reaches mid-August. Like many kids who are involved in agriculture, the State Fair brings both a healthy spirit of competition and pride when their work …
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BY Garrett Hawkins, President, Missouri Farm Bureau
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8/23/23
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E ach week I include a quote at the bottom of our front page — different for each of our three newspapers. While searching for an appropriate quote for last week’s publications, I …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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8/16/23
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More than 60 new laws passed during the 2023 legislative session will take effect at the end of the month, having received Governor Mike Parson’s signature in July. Here is a look at some of …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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8/16/23
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There are some problems this time of year for an outdoorsman who takes to the woods. It is the beginning of a more aggressive situation with copperheads due to the heat and skin-shedding time. And …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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8/16/23
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T he United States Constitution has proven to be one of the most remarkable political documents ever created. Still, there is no shortage of people with ideas to improve our constitution. I’m …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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8/9/23
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More than 60 new laws passed during the 2023 legislative session will take effect at the end of the month, having received Governor Mike Parson’s signature in July. Here is a look at some of …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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8/9/23
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On Aug. 2, 1923, President Warren Harding unexpectedly fell ill and died while visiting San Francisco.
Five hours later, America had a new president: Calvin Coolidge, a man driven by humility, …
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By Robert A. Rider, Institute for Faith and Freedom
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8/9/23
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I see lots of things outdoors that are hard to believe, but what I saw this past week is one of the weirdest things ever. It was outdoors just outside my workshop-fishing- hunting-book storage and …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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8/9/23
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Missouri Governor Mike Parson has officially given final approval to 31 bills from this year’s legislative session by signing off on a variety of legislation ranging from tax relief for senior …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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8/2/23
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To the Editor:
I am the principal stock holder and owner along with my sons Kirby Kotthoff and Christopher Kotthoff of Hermann Save-A-Lot (Kotthoff Foods Inc.) and I am very …
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8/2/23
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T here are two types of people in this world, positive and negative. I have been a positive person with a sunny outlook on life for as long as I can remember. When someone asks me how I am doing, I …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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8/2/23
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To the Editor:
“Marijuana is not safe. It can kill you.”
It most certainly can. But then again, so can sharing our nation’s roadways with people who run red lights or …
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8/2/23
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I have been contacted by several readers about the Buffalo River float trip I am going to conduct on Saturday, Oct. 28. It is going to be an all day interpretive trip on the river celebrating the …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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8/2/23
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A merican history lists many great Native American Chiefs, including Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, Geronimo and Cochise. Long before these great leaders was one honored by colonial Americans …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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7/26/23
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