Missouri’s governor warns against potential natural gas price gouging

by admin | Feb 18, 2021 | Agriculture, Business, Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt, Weather

Missouri’s governor said Thursday that numerous constituents have contacted his office about huge price increases in natural gas. Much of the state has been impacted by multiple snowstorms and below freezing temperatures for about ten days. During a Statehouse...

Congressman Cleaver says USDA Offices are staying put in KC, rumors were not true

by Ashley Byrd | Feb 4, 2021 | Agriculture, News, Politics / Govt

Kansas City area Congressman Emanuel Cleaver says the Biden Administration will not move the newly-relocated USDA offices from Kansas City back to the nation’s capital. Missouri Farm Bureau leaders mentioned this as a concern immediately after the 2020...

Lawmaker worries northern Missouri’s flooding in recent years could impact Census numbers (AUDIO)

by admin | Oct 7, 2020 | Agriculture, Education, Health / Medicine, History, Legislature, News, Transportation, Weather

(This is the second part of Brian Hauswirth’s two-part series on the status of the 2020 Census in Missouri) A state lawmaker from northwest Missouri’s Carrollton is worried that the 2020 Census may miss residents who’ve been impacted by Missouri...

USDA currently in “big hiring phase” in Kansas City (AUDIO)

by admin | Aug 28, 2020 | Agriculture, Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt

A top official at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) says the agency is making progress in relocating two major facilities to Kansas City: the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agricultural Policy. USDA Under Secretary...

“It worked in Ferguson” — Sen. Blunt, Reps. Clay and Cleaver push for U.S. Attorney Gen. Barr to allow review of local police practices

by Ashley Byrd | Jun 4, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt

Missouri Senator Roy Blunt is urging U.S. Attorney General William Barr to allow the Justice Department to review the practices and training of local police departments in rooting out misconduct and implementing reforms. This comes at the suggestion and support of...