“A long time coming” is how Missouri Veterans Commission Executive Director Paul Kirchoff describes a new state law to help strengthen the state’s military community. The plan, which became law this week, is designed to combat veteran suicides. It requires the...
A state lawmaker’s mission is to lower Missouri’s suicide rate among military veterans. Alisa Nelson talks to Representative Dave Griffith, of Jefferson City, about the bill he has filed for the 2024 legislative session.
On November 9, 1861, the first edition of the Stars and Stripes military newspaper was printed in Bloomfield. A new Missouri law will create the “Stars and Stripes Historic Region” with markings and signs along the I-55 corridor in eastern and southeastern Missouri....
Last week, state Sen. President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, said the odds are not good on a sports betting bill passing in the Senate this session. This week, state Rep. Dan Houx, R-Warrensburg, signaled that there might be a breakthrough soon. Houx and Sen....
Giving veterans the honor they deserve and honoring the U.S. military members who did not come home. That’s what State Representative Dave Griffith, R-Jefferson City, said he wants to do. Griffith is proposing to create the Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation...
