Hundreds of Illinois residents (customers) leaving HLI Alternatives celebrate their purchase of recreational marijuana on the first day of sales in the state in the City of Collinsville on Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Illinois residents 21 and older can now buy up to 30 grams of marijuana plant material and edibles with up to 500 […]

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (MO.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after delivering remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) West headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green, Congressman William L. Clay, Jr. and St. Louis Mayor […]

Governor Mike Parson announced the launch of the state’s Clear the Air youth vaping awareness campaign to bring attention to the risks of using electronic cigarettes and vaping products. In October, Governor Parson signed Executive Order 19-18 directing the Departments of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), and Public Safety (DPS) […]

Missouri Governor Mike Parson recognized National Apprenticeship Week and commended Missouri’s second in the nation ranking for new and completed apprenticeships. Missouri recently reached a milestone of 10,000 new Registered Apprenticeships for Fiscal Year 2019, ranking the state second in the nation for new apprenticeships according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor. Missouri […]

St. Louis County, MO (Nov. 1, 2019) – County Executive Sam Page appointed two new members to the St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners on Friday. The appointments are Judge Ray Price and Michelle Schwerin. Pending County Council approval, they will fill the vacancy created by Roland Corvington’s resignation and replace current board member […]

A Gentle Giant — Congressman Elijah Cummings Put “Decency” in His Politics – R.I.P. In today’s hostile political environment unlike the days, when I was a kid, where politicians went to dinner after agreeing and disagreeing, and had drinks, and started the next day anew. However, with the change of technology, and social media, grandstanding, […]

Missouri State Capitol’s dome was lit up pink in October to commemorate those lost to breast cancer, breast cancer survivors, individuals battling the disease, and medical professionals and researchers working to find a cure. “Each year, and often far too soon, breast cancer takes the lives of many of our loved ones,” Governor Parson said. […]

On Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, the public is invited to meet and hear from the descendants from three landmark court cases: Dred Scott V Sandford; Plessy V Ferguson, and Brown V Board of Education at the second Dred Scott Reconciliation Conference. The event will be held at the Mahler Ballroom, 4915 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, […]

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (MO) Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor/HHS), today commended the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announcement that it awarded Missouri $6.4 million in funding for opioid-related research. The funding, which was included in the Blunt-backed FY2018 and FY2019 Labor/HHS appropriations bills, […]

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (MO), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor/HHS), announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has invested an additional $18 million in grant funding to help communities combat the opioid epidemic. With the funding announced today, Missouri has received a total of […]