by Anthony Morabith | Dec 7, 2023 | Agriculture, Economy, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
The 2024 legislative session is right around the corner and lawmakers are already getting to work on the next state budget. Missouri Director of Agriculture, Chris Chinn, wants lawmakers to increase funding to hire more meat and poultry inspectors. “Of course, our...
by Marshall Griffin | Aug 4, 2023 | Agriculture, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Fourth District U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, is blasting the Biden Administration for seeking to ban chocolate milk from school lunches. The United States Department of Agriculture is proposing new standards for school meals, and they include a total ban on both...
by Alisa Nelson | Aug 29, 2022 | Education, Health / Medicine, News
Two Missouri agencies are responding to an NBC report saying the Show-Me State was the only one in the nation not allowing summer to-go meals this year for low-income children and some adults. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) oversees the...
by Alisa Nelson | Jun 1, 2022 | News
Missouri has hundreds of places for children to go to get free meals this summer. Community organizations serve the food at a variety of places while school is not in session, including at schools, churches, parks, swimming pools, YMCA locations, Boys and Girls Clubs,...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Agriculture, Legislature, News
Bipartisan legislation toughening penalties on residents who knowingly release feral hogs in Missouri is now on Governor Mike Parson’s desk. House Bill 369, which is sponsored by State Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Bunceton), is a wide-ranging conservation bill, with a...