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In March, both chambers of the Missouri legislature began hearings on proposals to introduce electrical choice and competition, challenging the state’s long-standing model of electricity generation …
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by JASON WALTER AND GRANT MUSICK
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5/13/26
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Senior high school students have been doing it for decades. At the end of their final year, the class concocts a few elaborate, annoying, sometimes funny ways to mark their exit.
Well. We who …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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5/13/26
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The budget was passed on Wednesday May 6 before the constitutional deadline. How much is the new budget? Missouri independent is reporting a 50.7 billion dollar budget. KOMU TV is reporting a 48.7 …
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By Paul Hamby
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5/13/26
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A crying shame is a situation that makes you sad or disappointed. For some of us, a crying shame also describes legislation passed in opposition to those issues we are so passionate about. The …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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5/13/26
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I know a tributary to Truman Lake that normally is little more than a creek, but when the area gets enough rain and the lake rises it draws a big bunch of white bass. So I went up there a week …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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5/12/26
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As your State Representative, I’m fighting every day to protect our values, defend our freedoms, and deliver results for the people of South-Central Missouri. This session, we took decisive action …
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By State Rep. Bennie Cook, Missouri's 143rd District
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5/6/26
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My grandfather got his first breech-loader shotgun in 1911 by guiding turkey hunters in the fall and winter in north Texas County on his father’s land bordering a northern section of the Big Piney …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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5/6/26
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Jefferson City — Twenty bills have been passed by both the Missouri house and senate. Governor Kehoe has signed seven of those bills so far this year. One was a three billion dollar additional …
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By Paul Hamby
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5/6/26
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She was there with you, surrounding you, while you grew arms and legs and eyelids. Your heart beat in harmony with hers. Her blood was your blood; her oxygen, yours. She kept you safe and protected …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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5/6/26
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I came across a wild turkey nest with eight eggs in it in late April. I doubted it would have many more because the hen was sitting on the nest incubating them before I came along in mid-morning. …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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5/5/26
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Democrat political strategist James Carville is worried. He is worried about democracy in America. And to save it, he is encouraging leaders in his party to resort to drastic measures to “save …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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5/5/26
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“There are very fine people on both sides” Donald Trump took a lot of heat for this statement regarding the ‘Unite the Right’ white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in August …
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By Paul Hamby
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4/29/26
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State lawmakers have advanced to the ballot a misleading tax scheme that would result in a massive tax hike for most Missourians. While the richest Missourians will pad their investment accounts, the …
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by Amy Blouin , President, CEO Missouri Budget Project
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4/29/26
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When you have more than one child, it becomes difficult to remember their names. Oh, you know who’s who. And it is easy to pick them out in a crowd of other kids: “mine…mine…not mine…looks …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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4/29/26
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On Tuesday, the members of the legislature were asked to vote on a resolution that could eliminate state income tax and replace the current revenue source with a new sales tax. It is the …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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4/29/26
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Last week, I let the waters I normally fish recede, and fished some farm ponds. And though they were all full, the bass didn’t seem to mind. If you want to catch a good-sized bass from a pond or …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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4/28/26
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Most community newspapers, ours included, publish local court records, real estate transfers, arrest reports, and a list of those requesting marriage licenses.
All of these are public records, …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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4/28/26
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This week at the Missouri Capitol, I continued working on legislation focused on strengthening our economy, improving access to healthcare, enhancing public safety, and supporting our local …
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By State Rep. Bennie Cook, Missouri's 143rd District
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4/22/26
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Last week was tax day. April 15. The day we send a large portion of the rewards of our labor to the federal government.
It should be called Fund the Federal Government Day.
Look at your …
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By Paul Hamby
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4/22/26
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Tens of millions of Americans, myself included, mourned the passing of Hulk Hogan last year. The pro wrestler’s strength, charisma, work ethic, and redemption arc made him a real American hero to …
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by George Harris
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4/22/26
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