by Anthony Morabith | Jan 30, 2024 | Business, Economy, News
Sen. Jason Bean, R-Holcomb, says he was ‘caught completely off guard’ when he heard that Magnitude 7 Metals in Marston is closing. The abrupt closure leaves close to 500 people jobless. The Republican lawmaker says that the Missouri Department of Higher Education and...
by Alisa Nelson | Jan 19, 2024 | News, Politics / Govt
Congress has passed legislation to keep the federal government open through early March. The bill helps to fund some federal agencies, including those that oversee agriculture, veterans’ services, and transportation. The opposing votes within Missouri’s Congressional...
by Anthony Morabith | Mar 31, 2023 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Members of Missouri’s Congressional Delegation are responding to the indictment handed down by a grand jury in New York to former President Donald Trump. The indictment was reached after a lengthy investigation over the former president’s alleged involvement in a hush...
by Ashley Byrd | Jul 29, 2021 | News, Politics / Govt, Transportation
A new bipartisan infrastructure bill is getting a chance U.S Senate as 17 Republicans joined Senate Democrats in moving the bill forward. Missouri Senator Roy Blunt joined key conservatives in adjoining states, Chuck Grassley in Iowa and Mitch McConnell in Kentucky to...
by Ashley Byrd | Mar 5, 2021 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley voted Friday against adding a minimum wage hike to the current COVID-19 relief bill in the Senate, but is calling for a higher minimum wage — and a tax credit — for some blue-collar workers. Hawley, in a stand-alone bill,...