WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 19, 2024, from Missouri Foundation for Health: * * * To: Assistant Secretary Lisa M. Gomez Employee Benefits Security Administration 200 Constitution Ave NW Suite S-2524 Washington, DC 20210 Re: Enhancing Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act Docket No. EBSA-2024-0011-0001 File Code: 1210-AC25 * * * Dear Assist more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: The Trump tax cuts made America globally competitive which helped working families here at home keep their jobs and encouraged investments in forgotten parts of the country. The proof is in the pudding: under President Obama, 28 American corporations moved their headquarters and cash overseas to take advantage of lower foreign taxes. In the seven years since th more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal indictment was unsealed charging a Missouri man with threatening the St. Louis office of the NAACP. Darryl Jaspering, 62, of Warrenton, was indicted for one count of transmitting threatening communications and one count of interference with federally protected activities. According to the indictment, Jaspering wrote a message on the NAACP's contact page "in which he used racially charged threats  more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Dec. 27 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Dec. 26, 2024: The Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation will consider nominations to the National Register of Historic Places during its quarterly meeting at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 10 in LaCharrette and Nightingale Creek Conference Rooms at the Lewis and Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City. Remote participation is also available as out more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Dec. 28 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * City will plan and design water system improvements * * * The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $288,000 loan to the city of Mokane for planning and design work related to the city's ongoing drinking water improvement project. The loan will provide vital interim financing to cover early engineering and administrative costs while the city works with  more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Dec. 28 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * The district will evaluate drinking water system improvements. * * * The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $30,000 Drinking Water Engineering Report Grant to Lincoln County Public Water Supply District No. 2 to evaluate its drinking water system. The department's Drinking Water Engineering Report Grant Program offers funding to small communities for more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has released the following public communication dated Dec. 20, 2024, from the Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment: * * * To: Dear Secretary Vilsack, The Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment (CFFE) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the USDA's "Request for Public Input About Implementation of the Conservation Practices to Support Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation" ( more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Louis DeJoy, postmaster general and CEO of the U.S. Postal Service, from a Dec. 5, 2024, hearing entitled "Oversight of the United States Postal Service: Understanding Proposed Service Changes": * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 3) Growth and cost reduction are at the heart of the DFA plan. Simply put, the DFA plan is not about contraction or only cost reduction. Th more PR