News Briefs for Thursday (March 23, 2023)
Tina, MO man Arrested On Felony Warrant A Tina, Missouri man was arrested on a felony warrant in Carroll County Wednesday night. Read more…
April Resurfacing Project Coming to Four Northwest Missouri Counties A resurfacing project on several routes in Mercer, Grundy, Harrison, and Worth counties will begin soon. Read more…
House Passes Bill Designed to Make It Easier to Respond to Opioid Overdoses (MISSOURINET) – Legislation that would remove restrictions on who can administer naloxone, or Narcan, to someone that’s overdosed is moving forward. Read more…
Missouri’s Libraries Are In Jeopardy of Losing All Of Their State Funding (MISSOURINET)- Missouri has more than 160 state taxpayer-supported libraries. Read more…
MDC Warns Missourians To Be Bear Aware (MISSOURINET) – The Missouri Department of Conservation is reminding residents to ‘Be Bear Aware.’ Read more…
Advocates Respond To Missouri Attorney General’s Emergency Transgender Regulation (MISSOURINET) – Advocates from Planned Parenthood and PROMO Missouri are responding to the emergency state regulation that is designed to stop transgender healthcare for children. Read more…
Cleaver, Graves Want Postmaster General To Personally Address Kansas City’s Mail Service Issues (MISSOURINET) – Two of Missouri’s congressmen are demanding the head of the U-S Postal Service personally address problems surrounding mail delivery issues in the Kansas City area. Read more…
Anti-Red Flag Laws Heard Wednesday The Missouri House Emerging Issues committee heard a set of bills on Wednesday that would ban future red flag laws from being enacted. Read more…
Nursing Workers Rally At State Capitol Nursing home healthcare workers rallied for improved working conditions at the Missouri state capitol Wednesday. Read more…
“No School Suspensions” Bill Heard in Mo House A bill working to prohibit school suspensions for students in preschool through third grade had its first hearing in the Missouri House of Representatives Wednesday. Read more…
Gov. Reynolds Signs Bill on Transgender Care, Bathroom Use by Transgender Students (Radio Iowa) Iowa doctors are now barred from starting gender transition treatments for minors. Read more…
On 73-20 Vote, Iowa House Passes Bill With New Rule for Carbon Pipelines (Radio Iowa) The Iowa House has overwhelmingly voted to require at least 90 percent of miles along proposed carbon pipeline routes be voluntarily secured before the government’s eminent domain authority could be used to seize the rest. Read more…
Basketball Coaches Release All-State Teams & Post-Season Awards
NCMC Continues At NJCAA Division II Tourney, NCAA Division II Finalists Determined From St Joseph
NCMC Women Advance To Another Consolation Round Following Thursday Win At National Tourney The North Central Missouri College women surged late in the second quarter and always stayed ahead in their consolation game of the NJCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Tournament at Port Huron, Michigan Thursday morning. Read more…
Rule Change Proposed for School Meal Provision (USDA) Public comment is now open for a proposed rule to reduce the threshold for school eligibility for meals served to all students at no cost. Read more…
U.S. Spring Flood Outlook for 2023 (USDA) What areas of the country face a moderate to major chance of flooding this Spring? Read more…
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