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Everytown’s National Gun Violence Survivors Week is February 1 through February 7. The week is designated for individuals to come together and share and amplify the stories of survivors who live with the impact of gun violence every day.
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During the pandemic, the Missouri Department of Labor paid out too much unemployment compensation to more than 45,000 residents, and two bills before the Legislature, Senate Bill 673 and Senate Bill 709, seek to stop the state from garnishing wages to get the funds back.
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Missouri has been allocated billions of dollars in federal funds, first from the American Rescue Plan and then from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Parson's proposal includes, among other measures, funding Medicaid expansion and a 5.5% pay raise for state employees.
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At the beginning of the new year and tax season, Missouri will have a new person sitting in the state's highest position which oversees driver and vehicle licensing, taxes and collections—and they're from Cape Girardeau.
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Four companies control 85% of the beef supply, noted Darvin Bentlage, a cattle rancher and farmer in southwest Missouri. He said the executive order on promoting competition that President Joe Biden signed last summer is a step in the right direction, and he urged Congress to follow it up with additional measures to benefit small cattle producers.
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The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance recently detailed their efforts to provide assistance to Hayti and Defiance in the aftermath of the recent tornado. The Department plans to send consumer insurance specialists from the DCI to Multi-Agency Resource Centers (MARC) in the two towns.
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Lee Enterprises' board of directors rejected a buyout offer from Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund known for downsizing the newspapers it owns.
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Groups say more robust support systems are needed for young people who've been in the foster-care system as they transition to living independently. A survey says 17% of youth who were in foster care on their 17th birthday experienced homelessness by the time they turned 21.
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Despite counties already receiving millions of dollars in federal relief funding, some are waiting for finalized guidelines before making spending decisions.