While we have celebrated National AgDay since 1973, never have its core values been more important. By the year 2050, the world will have grown…
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Good morning. Earlier this morning, I held a conference call with leaders of groups representing teachers, administrators and board members all across our state. I…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The longest consecutive filibuster in state history endured through a second night as Senate Democrats debated in shifts as the Republican…
Most of these moralistic crusades start off with good intentions born out of some high profile scandal that leads good people to overreact in their…
By David Cook, president of United Food & Commercial Workers Local 655 In the heart of the campaign season, politicians tend to speak in broad…
All of the long-time Republicans candidates for governor met for the first debate of the 2016 campaign this week in Jefferson City. The intensity was…
By Sen. Mike Cunningham, R-Marshfield. Yet another busy week at the Capitol has come and gone while my fellow senators and I had our first…
By Jay Ashcroft, Republican candidate for Secretary of State Having traveled to all 114 counting across the great state of Missouri, campaigning as a candidate…
By Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville This week marks the two-year anniversary since little Hailey Owens was kidnapped outside her home and then raped and murdered…
By Sen. Wayne Wallingford, R-Cape Girardeau Ethics reform has been a major goal for the General Assembly during the past two legislative sessions. In both…