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While state legislators were in Jefferson City for the annual veto session on Sept. 13, Missouri Speaker of the House Dean Plocher appointed me as Trustee to the Missouri Humanities Council Trust …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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9/27/23
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What would your perfect job look like?
You might choose to be your own boss, with space to creatively express yourself and feel fulfilled by your work. Maybe you would want day-to-day novelty, …
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By Gary Ritter, For the Missouri Independent
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9/27/23
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Elvis Presley fanatics only need to take a short one-day journey to Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., to realize their dreams.
For a newspaperman/printer like myself, the ultimate pilgrimage is not …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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9/20/23
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With more than 60 bills finally signed into law and taking effect last month, the Missouri General Assembly returned to the Missouri State Capitol on Sept. 13 for the annual veto session.
During …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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9/20/23
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People need to know about new diseases that result from outdoor living. One of them is known as the ‘Alpha-gal’ syndrome, a sometimes fatal disease people get from the spotted wood tick …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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9/20/23
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More than 60 bills passed through the Missouri General Assembly this year, and after receiving the signature from Missouri Governor Mike Parson, those bills have now become law, effective Aug. 28.
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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9/13/23
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When being discharged from the hospital after a severe illness or injury, most seniors prefer to return home and receive home healthcare.
However, Medicare’s ongoing cuts to the home …
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By Carol Hudspeth
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9/13/23
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COLUMBIA — During drought, plants and livestock suffer.
So do farmers. Life in rural America can be rough, especially when weather-related events such as drought and flood put crops and …
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From University Extension
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9/13/23
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After all those years of joking about being a grizzled old veteran hunter, I now are one and it ain’t no joking matter!
I hunted blue-winged teal during that very first special teal …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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9/13/23
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I’m not sure how much work 80-year-old President Joe Biden gets done — with more downtime than any of our previous commanders in chief — but his administration has been working …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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9/6/23
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Despite recent widespread rains bringing some much-needed relief, Missouri is still suffering under serious drought conditions. According to the Missouri Drought Assessment Committee, nearly 92% of …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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9/6/23
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“With the release of the 2023 WOTUS Rule, the EPA continues to play games with farmers, ranchers and private property owners. In May, the Supreme Court issued a harsh rebuke of EPA but it seems …
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By Garrett Hawkins, President, Missouri Farm Bureau
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9/6/23
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Dozens of new laws are set to take effect at the end of August, with the work of the Missouri Legislature in the 2023 legislative session finally coming to fruition.
Several new laws and …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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8/30/23
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My childhood was in the 1960s and 70s. I spent much of that time playing outside in the dirt with my faithful dog, King. My kid sister, Denise and I built a tree house in a vacant lot behind our …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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8/30/23
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Missouri’s history offers a stark contrast to the limited criticism by Republican members of Congress to Donald Trump’s criminal charges.
The defenses by Republican officials to …
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By Phill Brooks, Contributing Columnist
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8/30/23
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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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