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Keeping kids safe today goes far beyond looking both ways before you cross the street and keeping sharp objects out of reach. Parents also worry about keeping their kids safe online. The explosion of apps, games and entertainment for children through computers and hand-held devices is mind-boggling. Some of them are educational or harmless –

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, joined U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (Ark.), U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher (Wis.), and 43 other members of Congress in introducing a resolution opposing the lifting of sanctions on Iran. The members released the following statement after introduction: “The U.S. must maintain sanctions

U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (MO) and Ben Cardin (MD) have introduced a measure to permanently extend the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC), which has created jobs and driven investment in neighborhoods with high poverty and unemployment rates. The New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act (S.456) will permanently authorize a 39 percent federal tax credit for

Citizens of the 125th District, This week the members of the Missouri House gave approval to a piece of legislation meant to help young people who are not having their educational needs met by their local school. The legislation would create Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) to give parents the option to send their kids to

What does the vaccine do? Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines use messenger RNA (mRNA) to encourage your cells to initiate an immune response to SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes COVID-19. Janssen’s vaccine uses a vector (carrier) to provide our cells DNA instructions on how to create COVID-19 spike proteins that will initiate

If you receive an unsolicited or unexpected communication asking you to provide personal information, download an attachment, or send money, beware — it’s probably a phishing scam. Phishing scams take countless forms, but many of these communications are from impostors masquerading as trustworthy businesses and organizations. They may be “phishing” for Social Security numbers, passwords,

Citizens of the 125th District, As you are reading this, the weather forecast is saying that it should now maybe be in the 50’s, but as I’m writing this and look out the window on this Thursday morning and see the snow at 5-7 inches deep and the deep freeze that we have been in,

TALKING TURKEY — Let’s state the obvious: Living through a pandemic sucks. It’s hard to balance every decision we make against the threat of getting sick or getting others sick. It’s why we are all now anxiously awaiting an end to the pandemic, desperately searching for signs that it’s safe to go back to the

With screen time on the rise for kids and adults, it may be time for your family to establish a healthier relationship with its digital devices. Here are some great ideas for getting started. • Get healthy: Not all screen time is wasted time. You can use your device in positive, productive ways that help