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 […]

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 […]

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor/HHS), commended the U.S. Department of Labor for awarding the Missouri Division of Workforce Development up to $4 million in grant funding, with an initial investment of more than $1.3 million, to combat the opioid […]

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 […]