(Story has been updated to include information that Grain Belt is specifically exempt from the legislation, and that it only impacts future projects) Missouri Farm Bureau and two Columbia-based agricultural groups are praising the Legislature’s passage of eminent domain legislation, in response to the Grain Belt project in northern Missouri. It’s important to note that …
Kehoe: Grain Belt bill will hit Missouri Senate floor this session
The lieutenant governor wants to be Missouri’s next governor. Jefferson City Republican Mike Kehoe is emphasizing his business background and legislative experience. “Keeping a business guy in the executive branch that has run businesses across this state and understands both the ag economy and the urban economy,” Kehoe says. Kehoe served as Missouri’s Senate Majority Leader, …
Missouri’s new broadband director is familiar name in Jefferson City
Missouri’s new broadband director says Governor Parson’s $400-million proposal to increase broadband is critical. The governor unveiled that proposal during his January State of the State address. B.J. Tanksley is well-known at the Capitol in Jefferson City for his previous work with the Missouri Farm Bureau. Mr. Tanksley began his new job as the state’s …
Missouri’s Blunt warns of increasing costs of Thanksgiving items like turkey, green beans and butter
Missouri’s senior senator is warning that this will be the most expensive Thanksgiving ever. U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R) addressed the issue on the Senate floor, telling colleagues that the cost of turkeys have increased 18 percent from a year ago. “Potatoes are 17 percent higher than they were a year ago. Green beans are …
Tuesday groundbreaking set for massive I-70 new Rocheport bridge project
Missouri’s governor will be in Rocheport Tuesday morning for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new $240-million I-70 bridge project. The ceremony will start at 11 am at Les Bourgeois. Columbia and Boone County have each contributed $2 million to the project. Boone County Presiding Commissioner Dan Atwill tells 939 the Eagle that Missouri wouldn’t have …