A research professor at the University of Missouri – Columbia is lamenting the closure of a federally-funded lab that conducted soybean research. Kerry Clark told Missourinet that the lab’s mission was critically important to guarding against plant-borne disease...
The Trump Administration is planning to cut more than 80,000 jobs at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as part of a massive reorganization. U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, defends the plan, saying the former Biden Administration bloated the size of the VA....
U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt said he’s aware of the closing of the soybean research laboratory at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The Soybean Innovation Lab was funded by USAID, which has had much of its funding slashed by DOGE, the new agency created by President...
There have not been any mass firings of federal workers in the St. Louis area, yet. But there have been several Kansas City IRS workers fired. U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell, of the St. Louis area, told Missourinet he’s monitoring the situation. He said cutting the federal...
It was former Missouri Solicitor General D. John Sauer’s turn to undergo a Senate confirmation hearing, in which he would become U.S. Solicitor General. Republican senators and fellow Missourians Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt both praised Saur’s record in the courtroom...
