News Briefs for Thursday (April 20, 2023)

Mazzie Boyd – Capitol Report, April 20, 2023

Winston Board Announces Summer School Program Winston School Board members agreed to increase the school’s contribution towards an employee’s health insurance during their April meeting.  Read more…

Jefferson School Board Reorganizes Jefferson School Board members reorganized at their April meeting this week. Read more…

EMS Providers Receive Grant Awards Missouri’s Governor has announced 428 grant awards amounting to $6.3 million dollars for EMS providers, fire service, and law enforcement. Read more…

Stanberry FFA Member Selected To 2022-23 Missouri State FFA Officer Team Stanberry’s Kiley Mattson is part of the new Missouri State FFA Officer Team. Read more…

Union Star, Milan FFA Contest Teams Place First At State FFA FFA Contest Teams from Union Star and Milan won Career Development Events at the Missouri State FFA Convention in Columbia. Read more…

Gallatin Student Selected for Europe Music Tour GALLATIN, MO – Gallatin sophomore James Tucker has been chosen to tour Europe with the Ambassadors of Music next year. Read more…

Cameron Man Left With Minor Injuries After Being Sideswiped A Cameron man was left with minor injuries after his vehicle was sideswiped on I-35 in Clay County Thursday afternoon. Read more…

Humphreys Woman Arrested On Meth Charge A Humphreys, Missouri woman is facing a felony level drug charge and various traffic offenses after being arrested Thursday afternoon in Sullivan County. Read more…

Ashcroft Disagrees With Attorney General’s Transgender Healthcare Rule (MISSOURINET) – Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says he disagrees with fellow Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey about a regulation involving transgender medical care.  Read more…

House Speaker Taking ‘Wait And See’ Approach to I-70 Expansion (MISSOURINET) – The Missouri House and Senate could go head-to-head on two different proposed plans intended to widen Interstate-70. Read more…

Crime Bill Sponsor Says They’re Making The Bill About Kim Gardner (MISSOURINET) – A public safety bill that passed the House of Representatives earlier this Legislative Session is going through the Missouri Senate.  Read more…

Iowa’s Unemployment Fell to 2.8% in March, Workforce Participation Rate Up to 68.2% (Radio Iowa) Iowa’s unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percent in March. Last month’s two-point-eight percent unemployment rate is half a percent lower than it was a year ago. Read more…

Iowa House Votes to Limit State Auditor’s Access to Some Data, State Records (Radio Iowa) Most Republicans in the Iowa House have voted to block the state auditor’s access to some types of personal or confidential information — and the bill forbids the state auditor from going to court to get access to state government records.  Read more…

Northwest Football Releases 2023 Schedule

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Still Time to Fill Out 2022 Census of Agriculture Surveys (USDA) Census of Agriculture surveys are still being accepted by USDA through this Spring to give ample time for producers to participate. Read more…

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