WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.J. Res. 46, the emergency declaration resolution of disapproval: “I fully support President Trump’s commitment to secure the border and build physical barriers wherever they are needed. I have repeatedly said that securing the border has to be the […]

Governor Mike Parson announced the new Child Care Working Group that will work to ensure safe and quality care for Missouri children. Staff from the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), Department of Social Services (DSS), Department of Public Safety (DPS), Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), and the Attorney General’s (AG) office […]

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) has sent to its independent Rate Commission a proposal for wastewater rates for fiscal year 2021 through fiscal year 2024 (July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2024). The proposal addresses increases in wastewater rates that the District deems necessary to meet its obligations to serve its customers and […]

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) spoke on the Senate floor about Democrats’ Green New Deal, laying out how the legislation goes far beyond the mainstream and could cost up to $94 trillion over the next 10 years – the equivalent of $65,000 per household, per year. Following Are Excerpts of Blunt’s Remarks: “Our friends on […]

(JEFFERSON CITY, MO) – The Missouri House today passed House Bill 225, sponsored by Representative Kathy Swan, by a vote of 101-49. Fast Track is one of Governor Parson’s top workforce development priorities to help reskill and retool Missouri workers to meet the workforce demands of the future. “I am pleased the Missouri House passed […]

(JEFFERSON CITY, MO) – The Missouri Legislature is now nearly a third of the way through the 2019 Legislative Session. During the first weeks of session, both the House and Senate have made substantial progress moving some of their key priorities, as well as progressing on the Governor’s top legislative priorities. Recently, the Senate unanimously […]

Saint Louis University and the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, in partnership with Ameren Missouri, will host its seventh annual memorial tribute honoring the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Thursday, Jan. 17, in the Wool Ballroom of SLU’s Busch Student Center, 20 N. Grand Blvd. The event begins with […]

Governor Parson Appointed African-American Judge Robin Ransom to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District. A native of St. Louis and an African-American, Judge Robin Ransom earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Sociology from Douglass Residential College – Rutgers University in 1988. Judge Ransom graduated Juris Doctor from the University of […]

The office of St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green will host its semiannual American Red Cross Blood Drive on Monday, February 11, in Room 208 of St. Louis City Hall, 1200 Market St, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Held each year during Black History Month, the blood drive is named in honor of Dr. Charles […]

Missouri Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill today announced that their legislation to bring the historic 1920’s riverboat Delta Queen back to the Mississippi River was signed into law. The bill reinstates a decades-long exemption to allow the boat to operate from its new home port of Kimmswick, in Jefferson County – creating jobs and […]