By Tim Jones As a former Speaker of the House turned private citizen, communications director, public policy fellow, political activist and radio show host, I…
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By Mark J. Rhoads, Missouri Energy Forum We’ve all heard about President Trump’s America First policy, but not much has been written about the fact…
By Jeff Roorda For a long time, when someone would describe the Republican Party as a “big tent party,” I would laugh and say, “sure,…
By U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill Year after year, the opioid epidemic continues to ravage our state. All across Missouri, our communities have lost thousands of…
Representative Sonya Anderson had some odd things to say about the Missouri Rural Crisis Center (MRCC) in a recent opinion piece. Just to set the…
By Eric Bohl Nearly one out of every three children in rural Missouri suffers from food insecurity. While this rate is shockingly high, food…
by Rep. Sonya Anderson I want to offer some free advice to Missouri Democrats: if you want to make gains in Rural Missouri, it won’t help…
The state Supreme Court’s ruling that the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has authority over deer farms will lead to the agency putting many of…
By Senator Wayne Wallingford, District 27 Missouri Chairman, Vets4Energy America has paid a heavy price to be independent. Since the nation’s founding, men and women in…
By John LeeTax Simple Center Before his resignation, Governor Greitens managed to help job creators—and their employees—one last time. He recently signed into law SB 884, which…