by admin | Sep 15, 2020 | Health / Medicine, News
A proposed new hospital project in Kennett cleared a major hurdle Monday in Jefferson City. The Missouri Facilities Review Committee approved a certificate of need application on the proposed 49-bed acute care full-service hospital by Mainstreet HealthVentures....
by admin | Aug 17, 2020 | Business, Education, Health / Medicine, News
While Missouri has a severe shortage of rural physicians, one southeast Missouri state lawmaker says his area also needs more doctors who live there. State Rep. Herman Morse, R-Dexter, says that when he moved to Stoddard County in the mid-1970s, there were 15 to 20...
by admin | Jul 28, 2020 | Business, Education, Health / Medicine, News, Transportation
Four southeast Missouri Republicans are running in the August GOP primary to replace veteran State Sen. Doug Libla, R-Poplar Bluff, who’s leaving the Legislature at the end of the year because of term limits. Three of the four candidates are from Poplar Bluff,...
by admin | Jul 12, 2020 | Business, History, News, Transportation
The outgoing Senate Transportation Committee chairman says Missouri is not funding roads and bridges adequately. State Sen. Doug Libla, R-Poplar Bluff, is leaving the Senate in January, due to term limits. He says Missouri’s gasoline tax needs to be increased,...
by admin | Jul 4, 2020 | Health / Medicine, News, Transportation
A Missouri lawmaker who chairs the bipartisan Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight is praising state transportation officials for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. State Rep. Becky Ruth, R-Festus, notes the pandemic has had an impact of between $45...