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Eighty Missouri Local Education Agencies Selected to Participate in $49 Million Literacy Grant
Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
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July 10, 2025
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is pleased to announce it has selected 80 early learning programs and public schools to receive funding and professional services through the U.S. Department of Education’s Comprehensive...
Parsons Celebrates Infrastructure Excellence in Missouri with Award on I-270 Project
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 10, 2025
CHANTILLY, Va., July 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) is proud to announce that its role as lead designer for the I-270 North Design-Build Project has been honored with the prestigious Engineering Excellence Award by...
Governor Signs Wide-Ranging Education Legislation, Giving Additional Tools to Missouri Schools
Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
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July 9, 2025
Governor Mike Kehoe signed Senate Bill 68 today, giving additional tools to local education agencies across the state. There are more than 30 provisions in Senate Bill 68, half of which focus on school safety. This wide-ranging education...
All Things New: James River Church and James River Worship Celebrate the Release of New EP
EIN Presswire
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July 8, 2025
James River Church and James River Worship are excited to announce a new worship EP, All Things New, with translations coming soon to unite a global audience. SPRINGFIELD, MO, UNITED STATES, July 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Missouri-based...
Attorney General Bird Leads Coalition Supporting Florida’s Immigration Enforcement Laws
State of Iowa Office of the Attorney General
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July 8, 2025
DES MOINES-- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced yesterday she is leading an 18-state coalition supporting Florida’s law to help enforce immigration law. Like Iowa, Florida adopted a law that mirrors federal law—if an illegal alien commits...
MDC and Great Rivers Habitat Alliance to offer mentored hunts at the Jay and Carolyn Henges Wetland Education and Conservation Center this fall
Missouri Department of Conservation
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July 8, 2025
St. CHARLES, Mo.— The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Great Rivers Habitat Alliance (GRHA) will launch a series of mentored hunting opportunities at the new Jay and Carolyn Henges Wetland Education and Conservation Center this...
Attorney General Bailey Fights To Reinstate Critical Health And Safety Protections For Missouri Women
Missouri Attorney General
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July 7, 2025
July 7, 2025 4:59 pm JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his Office has once again filed an appeal after a Jackson County Court issued a new preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of...
Missouri’s Division of Cannabis Regulation announces recall for cannabis products produced by Bootheel CannaCare Columbia LLC, MAN000030
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
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July 1, 2025
For Immediate Release: July 1, 2025 Media Contact: Lisa Cox Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Media Inquiry Form JEFFERSON CITY, MO -- The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR), in partnership with Bootheel CannaCare...
Missouri Stream Team releases annual report and hosts celebration
Missouri Department of Conservation
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June 30, 2025
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- In 1988, a small group of anglers became fed up with unsightly trash disrupting their fishing in Roubidoux Creek in Pulaski County. These conservation-minded Missourians decided to clean this section of stream, thus forming...
James River Church Volunteers Paint 85,000 Sq. Ft. and Upgrade Local Public Schools in Ongoing Nearly 30-Year Partnership
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 1, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. and JOPLIN, Mo., July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Saturday, June 21, James River Church invited the local community to join in serving and blessing local schools Joplin High School and Cherokee Middle School through its annual...
John P. Torbitzky to begin term as chief judge of Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District
Missouri Courts
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June 30, 2025
30 June 2025 ST. LOUIS – Judge John P. Torbitzky has been elected chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, by unanimous vote of the judges of the court. His one-year term begins July 1, 2025. The chief judge is the chief...
Governor Mike Kehoe Signs Fiscal Year 2026 Budget with Historic Investment in Education
Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
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June 30, 2025
Governor Mike Kehoe approved and signed the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE’s) $8.6 billion Fiscal Year 2026 budget today, including these highlights: Full funding of the Foundation Formula Investments in child care...
W. Brent Powell to become Missouri's next chief justice
Missouri Courts
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June 30, 2025
30 June 2025 A native of Springfield, he attended Springfield and Rogersville public schools before graduating from Greenwood High School on the Missouri State University campus. He received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from William...
MDC seeks volunteers for Stream Team program in southeast Missouri
Missouri Department of Conservation
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June 30, 2025
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is calling on Missourians to get their feet wet — literally — and join the Missouri Stream Team Program. With more than 120,000 volunteers since its beginning, the program...
Missouri Home Visiting Programs Restructured
Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
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June 23, 2025
In the 2025 legislative session, the Missouri General Assembly amended budget language to restructure the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE’s) Office of Childhood (OOC) Home Visiting section. Pending Governor Kehoe’s...
MDC seeks volunteers for Stream Team programs in south-central Missouri
Missouri Department of Conservation
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June 26, 2025
WEST PLAINS, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is asking Missourians to get their feet wet – literally – and join the Missouri Stream Team program. The Missouri Stream Team program is a volunteer program through which citizens...
James River Church’s David and Brandon Lindell Featured on the Acclaimed “Last in Line” Podcast to Discuss New Book, Lionhearted, and Redefining Manhood
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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June 25, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., June 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Co-pastors and brothers David and Brandon Lindell of James River Church recently joined host John Shibley on the Last in Line podcast, a nationally recognized show known for its raw and...
Celebrating Six-cess in Nursing Excellence: The Only Health Care System in Missouri or Kansas to Earn Six Designations
EIN Presswire
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June 26, 2025
KANSAS CITY, MO, UNITED STATES, June 26, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Children’s Mercy is proud to announce that it has achieved Magnet® recognition for the sixth consecutive time, a prestigious honor that highlights the hospital’s commitment to...
Missouri Scholarship & Loan Foundation Celebrates Milestones for My Missouri (MyMO) Scholarship Promise
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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June 16, 2025
ST. LOUIS, June 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MOHELA, a non-profit governmental corporation dedicated to helping the student loan borrowers it serves, proudly announces two major milestones through The Missouri Scholarship & Loan Foundation (MSLF)....
MDC Twin Pines Conservation Education Center to transform into hybrid office July 1
Missouri Department of Conservation
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June 23, 2025
Body WINONA, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Twin Pines Conservation Education Center (CEC) will transform to a hybrid public contact office beginning July 1. “This transition to a hybrid public contact office will allow us...