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Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-04) introduced H.R. 5366, theSafeguarding America’s Skies Act, which would allow the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security to detect, track, and engage with drones that pose a security risk to agency facilities and assets. “Over the last several years, advances in drone technology have provided efficient and effective

Tyson Poultry Inc. was sentenced in federal court in Springfield to pay a $2 million criminal fine, serve two years of probation and pay $500,000 to directly remedy harm caused when it violated the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department announced. The charges stemmed from discharges at Tyson’s slaughter and processing facility in Monett that

“Governor Greitens’s announcement of a rural revitalization package is great news for our state. Improving access to broadband, fulfilling obligations to biodiesel producers, improving ports and promoting water quality initiatives will indeed strengthen rural communities. “With an annual economic contribution of more than $88 billion, agriculture and related industries is the engine that drives communities

Ahead of a hearing for HB 2206, Tuesday, Family Farm Action has sent a letter to every member of the Missouri House of Representatives, encouraging them to sign on as a co-sponsor to legislation banning the foreign ownership of farmland in Missouri. The letter reads in part, “This bill would reinstate a decade’s long ban

Today Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-04) voted for legislation to allow terminally-ill patients the option to receive drugs that have passed the Food and Drug Administration’s basic safety testing but have not received final approval, in order to give these patients a chance at life. These individuals cannot wait until all the bureaucratic hurdles are crossed.

by Kalena Bruce For small businesses, Obamacare has been a big problem. But help is on the way from a forthcoming Department of Labor rule that will expand association health plans. Out of 75 issues, small business owners rank the cost of health insurance as the number one problem they face. According to a Kaiser

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announces it now offers used Department vehicles, boats, motors, tractors, trailers, farm equipment, office equipment and other items for sale through the online auction website Govdeals.com. GovDeals.com is an online auction exclusively for government and educational agencies. MDC’s new online auction is available 24/7 from the convenience of a

Story Contact: Sheena Rice, ricesm@missouri.edu, 573-882-8353 by Kristen Sohl, associate professor of clinical child health and director of ECHO Autism University of Missouri Health Care If you think your child could have autism, you might be unsure about what to do next. You’ve noticed the warning signs: repetitive behavior like hand-flapping and rocking back and

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. Not necessarily, says University of Missouri Extension safety and health specialist Karen Funkenbusch. Many poisons look like common household items because they are the same color or shape or are packaged similarly. Mistakes can have consequences ranging from temporary