Corps cancels Missouri River rise
The Missouri River needs no policy-generated water this year, thanks. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday that it will not conduct its first spring pulse next week.
Transportation waiver to help farmers
When planting time comes, farmers need things when they need things. A federal waiver announced Wednesday aims to keep agricultural deliveries coming in a timely manner.
Constitutional challenges await health bill, Graves says
Debate over national health care won’t end with a weekend vote in the U.S. House, Sam Graves predicts.
Longtime bus driver bids fond farewell
The driver of city bus 0435 has a proposition for her passengers: “I’m willing to sell this cold if anyone wants to buy it.”
Missourian senators vote for jobs bill
Missouri's two U.S. senators voted Wednesday morning in favor of a bill providing tax advantages for companies hiring the unemployed.
War of words precedes procedural maneuvers on health care bill
Before the war of process on federal health care legislation, a war of words erupted Tuesday on the U.S. House floor. In a flurry of one-minute speeches, dozens of representatives, including those from the region, spoke to colleagues and cameras about the reform measure. “Americans know that the answer to our health care system is not bigger government and more bureaucrats,” Northwest Missouri Congressman Sam Graves said in his speech. “The answer is more competition and better choices.”
Area House members speak against health legislation
Congressional members from the region used a period of one-minute speeches in the U.S. House on Tuesday to criticize the planned vote on health-care legislation.
An education in the realm of reform
Given the often forgetful nature of advancing years, a memory of names from more than 40 years ago surprises me.
Census questionnaires head to households
With echoes of Madison and Jefferson, U.S. Census questionnaires will arrive in American mailboxes this week.
Motivations seem clear on the beach
One story goes that Cucumber Beach got its name in the 1950s when a Floridian showed up in British Honduras to while away the winters and grow vegetables for export to the United States.
Teen teaches her passions to others
Kids want to impress Hannah Klaassen with their swizzle. They look up to Hannah, a kid herself at 15 but a seasoned instructor in the Learn to Skate curriculum. She began on the ice a decade ago and, in large measure since, has never really left.
Graves: Obama broke jobs pledge
Northwest Missouri Congressman Sam Graves issued a statement Wednesday afternoon in advance of President Obama's trip to the state to promote health-care-reform.
A lasting legacy of global understanding
Mary Jean Eisenhower lived an enchanted childhood, from her christening in the White House to her precocity in climbing on French President Charles de Gaulle’s lap and questioning the thickness of his reading glasses.
Lager: Missouri government will look different
If Missourians don't know what their state government looks like, they should look quickly. State Sen. Brad Lager foresees a makeover.
Graves warns of potential change to Clean Water Act
One word can make a big difference in the meaning of federal law. In this case, Northwest Missouri Congressman Sam Graves says, the word “navigable” should signal caution. Mr. Graves, speaking to a St. Joseph gathering Monday afternoon, said removal of the word “navigable” from the Clean Water Act would prove a threat to property rights and expand the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency.
People can send message about savings
Americans still regard their bar-code culture with a wary eye. Scanners at the checkout line quicken purchases, but buyers watch the readouts, sure a discount or sale price will get missed in the merchandise database.
Outsiders and ticking under a table
Alfred Hitchcock knew how to navigate suspense. From his shape, the legendary director looked capable of navigating a restaurant menu.
Graves: Hail to the Gipper
If Northwest Missouri Congressman Sam Graves has his way, Americans should spend one for the Gipper. Spend a $50 bill, that is.
Transportation lacks a plan, Sen. Bond says
The United States commits billions of dollars to the nation’s transportation needs. What lacks, Sen. Kit Bond believes, is a detailed plan for the spending.
Bond praises First Lady's crusade against childhood obesity
Missouri Sen. Kit Bond sent a letter to First Lady Michelle Obama Wednesday offering encouragement for her work combating childhood obesity.
Political events scheduled around St. Joseph
A former Missouri Republican Party chairman will be the featured speaker at Buchanan County’s Lincoln Day dinner Saturday.
Brownback holds lead in governor's race, survey says
The transition from one of 100 U.S. senators to one of 50 U.S. governors seems at hand for a Kansas Republican, poll results indicate today.
Our nation safeguards all contempt
Along a stretch of interstate that I used to travel quite often, a billboard carried a one-word message.
Group pushes energy bill
Clean energy legislation at the federal level would create more jobs for Missourians and create a boon for rural areas, an environment group said in St. Joseph Monday.
A bad week in the world of wieners
Culinary history stands as one of the lesser known disciplines of academe.
Time has shifted area’s politics
Political trends have made Northwest Missouri into Kansas. That ignores geography, of course, but a map of shifting party allegiance in Northwest Missouri and other rural parts of the state suggests the voting dynamics in Thomas Frank’s best-seller “What’s Wrong With Kansas?” That book presented a case study of the neighboring state’s drift from native conservatism to rock-ribbed support of Republicans.
Group finds flaws in tax system proposal
An opponent of Missouri legislative proposals to scrap the current state income tax and replace it with a broadened sales tax foresees two scenarios, both bad. In one, said Amy Blouin of the Missouri Budget Project, Missourians would vote for a constitutional amendment suggesting a sales tax of just more than 5 percent and then get a much higher rate. The other has the state General Assembly lacking political will to increase the tax rate to accommodate the amendment’s revenue-neutral aspirations.
Missouri senators back jobs bill
Missouri's senators voted in favor of the jobs bill that passed their chamber Wednesday morning.
Two representatives to square off in state Senate race
The expected political faceoff to succeed St. Joseph's state Sen. Charlie Shields took an official standing in Jefferson City on Tuesday.
No control, but a value in preparation
The number, for anyone interested in the accounting of catastrophe, stands at 198. That many years ago, the last of the New Madrid earthquakes rattled the southeastern part of Missouri.
Filing for state office upgraded
State Sen. Charlie Shields remembers a pre-Internet world where holding state office meant a requisite visit to one particular wall in Jefferson City.
New brand takes chill out of season
Word came last week that the war in Iraq, almost seven years old, has a new name.
Graves suggests No Child Left Behind reforms
Leaders of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee announced Thursday a bipartisan effort to rewrite No Child Left Behind, the nation’s pre-eminent law concerning schools.
What has the stimulus done?
Missouri’s 6th Congressional District, only two of whose 26 counties gave electoral majorities to President Obama, got more than $314 million last year from the federal economic stimulus program. Funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which became law a year ago Wednesday, has gone toward Northwest Missouri road work, urban trails, college work-study assistance, water projects, law enforcement and health care hires, among other things. Mr. Obama and members of his administration fanned out across the nation Wednesday, hailing the job creation that arose from the stimulus legislation. The closest landing was in Kansas City, where Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood handed out $50 million for improvements to a blighted urban area and a bus transit system.
McCaskill sees progress in war effort and oversight
The United States’ war in Afghanistan began more than 3,000 days ago, and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill said Tuesday she sees real progress being made there, both militarily and in accounting for wartime expenditures.
McCaskill: Bayh announcement wasn't a shock
U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh's announcement Monday that he would not seek another term might have surprised Washington pundits and politicians, but not his Democratic Senate colleague Claire McCaskill.
Indicator breaks up an equalizer
t. Joseph needs no canary in the mine shaft when it comes to economic distress. The early warnings and more substantive indicators arrive, for the most part, in the same vehicle.
A short history of crib notes
Video footage showed (Sarah) Palin glancing down at the palm of her left hand — on which the words “energy,” “budget cuts,” “tax” and “lift American spirits” had been written in ink — during a question-and-answer session at the grass-roots Tea Party convention last week. — The Times of London
Census change could result in lesser population count
A bureaucratic decision might have shrunk St. Joseph. And Cameron and Chillicothe and Maryville. The potential for shrinkage comes with an order by the U.S. Census Bureau director to accelerate the release of prison populations and allow wiggle room for states to shift inmate counts to communities apart from the correctional facilities.
Bond finds fault with security adviser
A squabble over national security intelligence has a Missouri senator at odds with the White House and its top terrorism fighter.
Wood carver, former POW finds peace in his hobby
The scroll saw manages a meager hum as its thin blade bites plywood at 1,000 or so strokes per minute. John Hankins rigged a box fan with a filter to grab sawdust generated from the workshop’s drills, routers and sanders. Though the room looks tidy, the woodworker laments the futility. “One thing you can’t get rid of is the dust,” he shrugs.
Lager will speak at GOP gathering
State Sen. Brad Lager will be the featured speaker when the Northwest Missouri Republican Club holds its February meeting.
Blue Dogs want their say
The Blue Dogs again want their say. A 54-member group of U.S. House Democrats -- known collectively as the Blue Dog Coalition -- has announced a challenge to President Obama's budgetary spending freeze.
Midlands energize innovations
For the record, Atchison County, in the far northwestern corner of Missouri, has 12 times the Native American population as Nantucket County in Massachusetts.
Missourians laud end of animal-ID program
As Tea Party activists gathered in Nashville over the weekend, rallying their cause of rebellion against Washington's bloat, farm-country reformers celebrated a quieter grassroots victory.
New glass shatters lean times
Civilization comes with its rough patches. Blame it on the economy if you wish, but some glitches in the social order seem long established.
President appoints Nixon to Council of Governors
President Obama has picked Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to serve on his Council of Governors.
Bond to Obama: Keep secrets secret
Missouri Sen. Kit Bond advised President Obama on Thursday to keep sensitive security information secret. The written scolding concerned the White House handling of a Nigerian who tried to blow up a U.S.-bound jetliner on Christmas Day.
Census 2010: Panel warns residents of scams
The Census 2010 logo features the phrase “It’s In Our Hands,” a reference to the civic participation needed to complete the constitutionally mandated population count. But members of the St. Joseph Complete Count Committee want to make sure the form in “our hands” is the genuine article. Some other questionnaires are making the rounds, some dishonest, some from another arm of government. Those interested in seeing a full local count don’t want people to be ripped off or confused.
Complete Count group: Watch for census scams
The Census 2010 logo features the phrase "It's In Our Hands." But members of the St. Joseph Complete Count Committee want to make sure the form in "our hands" is the genuine article.
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