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Rallying to protect union jobs and oppose efforts to privatize the U.S. Postal Service, Missouri postal workers are joining the national fight with the theme, "U.S. Mail, Not For Sale - Day of Action."

Clean-energy advocates are making the case for a Missouri energy cooperative to seek federal funds to build clean power generation in New Madrid County that would improve air quality and help Magnitude 7 Metals. Gov. Mike Parson vetoed a zero-interest loan to help M7M meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency air-quality standards.

On January 11, seven Missouri counties were approved to receive federal assistance after the Governor’s December 28 request—it included $27 million in earmarked disaster-relief funds.

Majority Leader Caleb Rowden tweeted that the chamber would delay its session until after the Thanksgiving holiday.

There’s big change on the horizon for the public mental health safety net. The Excellence in Mental Health Act is being called the "biggest federal...