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Missouri’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget is now in effect following the Governor’s approval of the state’s operating and capital improvement appropriations bills.
The budget authorizes …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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7/22/26
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The Ziploc bag gaped open obscenely, its filmy girth impaled atop an empty glass. Tiny drips of soapy water collected at each corner. Foggy shapes and patterns tattooed the bag’s surface, leaving …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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7/22/26
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On August 4, Missouri voters will be asked to vote for 8.5 billion in new sales taxes on goods and services in exchange for eliminating the state income tax.
The proponents of Amendment 5 have …
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By Paul Hamby
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7/22/26
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Bullfrog season is open! I might go down to my pond soon and grab a couple to eat. Usually, when you read a natural history account, it discusses the basic things you find in a nature book of …
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7/21/26
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“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic…Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.”
The late Congressman John Lewis’s …
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7/15/26
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I n 1787 American’s Founding Fathers completed the Constitution of the United States at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The U.S. Constitution is the oldest national constitution in the …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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7/15/26
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Bullfrog season is open! I might go down to my pond soon and grab a couple to eat. Usually, when you read a natural history account, it discusses the basic things you find in a nature …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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7/15/26
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No on Amendment 5
by Paul Hamby
Amendment 5 would create approximately 8.5 billion dollars in new sales taxes on goods and services in exchange for eliminating the personal …
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By Paul Hamby
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7/15/26
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Your wonderful indoor bathroom. If you’re under 50, you may not realize just how good you have it.
Regardless of the weather or time of day, when we had to go, we sprinted to the outhouse …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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7/15/26
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There have been many innovations since the use of the first fishing lures, including the advent of the many varieties of pork-rind. Probably the use of pork-rinds all came about when some old-timer …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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7/14/26
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A special Thank You to the Unterrified Democrat and their staff for publishing the first Osage County Community Guide. Through their efforts you will find information on Osage County towns and …
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7/8/26
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E lon Musk, with the initial public offering (IPO)of SpaceX last month, became the world’s first trillionaire in terms of U.S. dollars. This could happen only in America.
Born in Pretoria, …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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7/8/26
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I tried my best to create a Big Piney River museum and Nature Center near my hometown of Houston. But it was not to be and now I have to empty it in hopes that someone else can take over and use that …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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7/8/26
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The namesakes of the foundations we lead — The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and the Daniels Fund — were among America’s captains of industry. They began, like so many American success …
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By Hanna Skandera and Richard Graber
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7/8/26
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Glossy signs were tacked to electric poles all over town each July. The carnival was coming! The dusty, burnt grass and cracked parking lots of the city park was about to turn into a wonderland of …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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7/8/26
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Amendment 4 would modify the citizen initiative petition (IP) process to require a majority of voters in each and every congressional district to approve amendments to the Missouri Constitution …
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By Paul Hamby
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7/7/26
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Last week the four members left of the decimated Osage County Republican Committee held a dinner that they called a Trump Day Dinner.
From what I’ve been told the dinner was attended by …
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7/1/26
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can’t believe I get to live here. Thank you Lord. #GodBlessAmerica #Grateful. Those are the words on an Instagram post by country and western singer Carrie Underwood. In the video — about …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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7/1/26
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Independence Day has lost its name. In a moment of laziness or maybe just forgetfulness, many of us decided to take away the descriptive title and replace it with a calendar number.
To most …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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7/1/26
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There’s a television ad making the rounds for Amendment 5, and it would like you to be angry at a hum.
“That hum is the sound of big tech making money from online gambling, from porn,” a …
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by JASON HANCOCK
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7/1/26
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