by admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Agriculture, Health / Medicine, Legislature, News, Outdoors
Three Missouri House committees will be heading to the state Department of Conservation headquarters in Jefferson City on Thursday morning, to be briefed on the feral hog issue. The briefing will take place at 7:30 a.m. The Missouri House Agriculture Policy Committee,...
by admin | Mar 30, 2021 | Agriculture, Business, Elections, History, News, Politics / Govt
A southern Missouri congressman who serves as the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee says he’s considering a run for the U.S. Senate in 2022. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-Salem) spoke to Missourinet Monday evening outside the Statehouse in Jefferson...
by Missourinet Contributor | Aug 20, 2020 | Agriculture, Business, Education, Entertainment, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt, Science / Technology
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing nearly $3 million in the expansion of rural broadband internet service to southeast Missouri. During a Zoom call Wednesday, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Senator Roy Blunt and Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 29, 2020 | Agriculture, Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
The USDA has approved the state’s request to extend pandemic food stamp program benefits through August. Missouri households receiving SNAP benefits will automatically get the maximum benefits loaded onto their Electronic Bank Transfer card. “I am very pleased...
by Alisa Nelson | Feb 24, 2020 | Agriculture, Business, Legislature, News, Outdoors, Politics / Govt, Transportation, Weather
The National Weather Service says Missouri faces above-average flood risk this spring because soil is still saturated from last spring’s flooding. About 1.2 million acres of Missouri farmland was damaged by flooding in 2019. But, Missouri Agriculture Director Chris...
