Summer temperatures in the St. Louis region bring heat-related dangers to both children and pets. In 2019, seven children nationwide have lost their lives to heatstroke while inside a vehicle. Last year, 52 children throughout the United States, including four in Missouri, died as a result of heatstroke. The City of St. Louis Department of […]

Although Memorial Day is the official holiday for remembering and honoring those who died while serving in the U.S. military, it is also the unofficial start of outdoor eating activities including outdoor grilling, picnics, and cookouts. As Memorial Day approaches its time to start paying more attention to outdoor food safety. “Warmer temperatures require heightened […]

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control is warning the public that six different types of bottled wine manufactured by the Eldon, Mo. winery Casa de Loco may pose a danger of exploding and should be immediately secured to prevent injury. The wine should not be consumed. The Casa de Loco […]

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (M0), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor/HHS), released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) delayed implementation of changes to the national liver distribution policy made by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). Under […]

Governor Parson appointed Calea Stovall-Reid as Circuit Judge of the 22nd Judicial Circuit. She will fill the vacancy created by the appointment of the Honorable Robin Ransom to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District. Stovall-Reid, of St. Louis, is currently an Associate Circuit Judge in the 22nd Judicial Circuit. She earned a B.A. in […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (MO), Dick Durbin (IL), Chuck Grassley (Iowa), and Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), along with U.S. Representatives Jason Smith (Mo.) and Cheri Bustos (Ill.), led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Senate and House appropriators urging the inclusion of funding for the Navigation and Ecosystem Restoration Program (NESP) in the Fiscal Year […]

Governor Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson are reminding Missourians April is National Autism Awareness Month. During this month, citizens across the state, the nation, and the world should join to increase the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), also known as Autism. Autism is a developmental disability that can cause significant […]

A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper has been named Missouri State Employee of the Month for March 2019 because of her relentless investigation after the discovery of two young girls walking along a highway in October 2018. Trooper Ashley Klempke’s investigation led to criminal charges against both parents, and the children being placed in protective […]

Recent statements made by an employee of the St. Louis Police Officers Association do not reflect the wishes nor the opinions of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Judge Jimmie Edwards said Friday. “The St. Louis Police Metropolitan Police Department is an entirely separate entity from the St. Louis Police Officers Association. The two should […]

U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (MO) and Brian Schatz (Hawaii), members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, introduced the Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019. The bipartisan legislation would strengthen consumer protections by prohibiting commercial users of facial recognition technology (FR) from collecting and re-sharing data for identifying or tracking consumers without […]