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To the Editor:
I have not been on social media since 2015, but reliable sources inform me there is no lack of opinion being voiced on the legitimacy of the school district canceling classes …
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1/31/24
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I look back on the year and hope I’ve done my part to make our state a better place to live, work, and play. I know most of you work hard every day for your families and for your community. …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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12/20/23
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A s I grew up, my parents were proud season ticket holders to Mizzou Football at the University of Missouri in Columbia. This tradition lasted almost 30 years until they were priced out of the market …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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11/15/23
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J ust before Christmas, I was looking for a good book to read. Without a new historical book on my dresser to delve into and unwilling to wait for one from Amazon, I turned my attention to the Warden …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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1/10/24
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Y ou will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read. That’s a quote by author and motivational speaker Charlie …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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6/28/23
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Missouri Farm Bureau wrapped up another great Annual Meeting in December, and this year’s theme focused on our organization being “Guided by Tradition.” One of those annual …
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By Tyler Madsen, Editor, Show Me Missouri Farm Bureau
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1/10/24
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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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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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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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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 talk to outdoorsmen around the Ozarks it is amazing how ignorant they are about their rights as hunters and fishermen. The greater percentage of those I talk to wrongly believe that agents can come …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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11/8/23
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R eleased as a single in April 1975, Charlie Daniels’ “Long Haired Country Boy” only reached 56 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It’s a great song.
Although the refrain would …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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1/24/24
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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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There’s an old model ‘97 Winchester pump shotgun hanging on my office wall. It is old and scarred, a long-barreled relic from the good old days of my boyhood. In the fall, when the Ozarks …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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11/15/23
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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House Republican Caucus on Jan. 12 announced a new sub-caucus Policy Development Caucus (PDC) which will evaluate and discuss House Bills proposed by its members …
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1/24/24
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I was on Lake Wappapello this past week with an old-days college roommate, Darrell Hamby, of Patterson. We were fishing for crappie and reliving old times. That lake is something and though there …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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9/27/23
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January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Of all the issues we face as a nation and society, the kidnapping and enslaving of our fellow Americans is the gravest. Like the fentanyl crisis, …
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By Blaine Luetkemeyer, 3rd District Congressman
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1/24/24
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