U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, is sponsoring a bill he said will put a stop to large meatpacking companies operating as a monopoly. There have been growing concerns by livestock producers in Missouri and elsewhere of the “big four” meatpacking...
In the latest diplomatic salvo between the United States and Russia over Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine, all of Missouri’s members of congress are now sanctioned by Russia. The Russian Ministry of Affairs says the personal sanctions are in response to the...
A longtime Congressman who represented west-central Missouri for 34 years has died. Ike Skelton served 17 terms as the representative for Missouri’s 4th Congressional District. He died Monday at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia, at the age of 81....
The Army has announced Force Structure Realignment 2020, a plan to restructure its forces and cut uniformed and civilian personnel around the country. It includes the elimination of up to 885 positions at Fort Leonard Wood by 2019. That would include the inactivation...
One of the most interesting of Missouri’s 2010 congressional races is the Republican contest in the 4th District, which stretches from mid-Missouri, south of the Missouri River, west to the Kansas border. While four Republicans – State Senator Bill...
