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Missouri childcare

Missouri

Missouri voters reject ballot measure to help childcare providers

(MissouriNet) -- Missouri has a critical shortage of affordable childcare providers and an attempt to help them to keep their doors open has failed. Missouri voters soundly rejected a ballot measure Tuesday that would have allowed the state legislature to pass a property tax exemption for childcare providers. Once the votes were tallied, about 55% of voters opposed the plan, while 45% supported it. The proposal covered licensed and unlicensed providers who are registered with the state, including in-home childcare. […]

todayAugust 7, 2024 34

Missouri porch pirates

Missouri

Missouri law to crack down on porch pirates

JEFFERSON CITY (Missourinet) -- A new Missouri law criminalizes porch pirates – those who steal packages and other mail left on porches. State Rep. Adam Schwadron (R-St. Charles) sponsored the piece included in a public safety package. “A lot of people, it’s not just items that they may need, but they’re items that they desperately need, such as medication that are being stolen, that are being delivered," Schwadron said. "And this just helps protect people and their property.” A ceremonial […]

todaySeptember 8, 2023 17

Missouri Wolfe

Missouri

Last rodeo for Missouri State Fair director

JEFFERSON CITY (MissouriNet) -- The next leader of the Missouri State Fair will have some large cowboy boots to fill. After 14 years on the job, Director Mark Wolfe is retiring. “I wrote my letter to him and tore it up 19 times over the last six months and tossed it around in my mind. Is this the right thing to do? Should I do this? Is it time for me to go? You know, it really came down to […]

todayJuly 15, 2023 111

Monroe County Missouri

Missouri

One dead in Monroe County accident

RURAL MONROE COUNTY, Missouri (MissouriNet) -- A semi driver reportedly failed to stop at a railroad crossing and struck a Norfolk Southern train on Sunday in Monroe County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the truck driver, Russell Minnis, 65, of Higbee, died at the crash scene. The collision caused several of the train cars to derail – closing traffic in the area along Highway 24 near Madison. Missourinet affiliate WGEM-TV reported that the semi had contained fertilizer, and the […]

todayMay 21, 2023 51

Missouri Bruce DeGroot

Missouri

Missouri could set up baby nurseries behind prison walls

JEFFERSON CITY (Missourinet) -- Newborn children could be raised for up to 18 months within Missouri’s prison system for women. The Missouri House of Representatives has given preliminary approval to a bill that would create a prison nursery program. Representatives Bruce DeGroot (R-Chesterfield) and Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) are leading the effort. They want to let eligible state prisoners raise their newborns during those first critical months of life if the mothers want to and if the other parent does not […]

todayMarch 7, 2022 2

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