SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Aug. 16 -- Drury University issued the following news: The Drury University baseball program is set to return to Meador Park, its original home, for the 2024 season. This move was made possible through a collaboration with the Springfield Parks Board and a year-long fundraising effort by Drury's Office of University Advancement, resulting in $1.5 million for renovations to the baseball field. The field will be named Mark Worley Field through 2033 after a generous lead do  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 17 -- Enterprise Holdings, a provider of car rental, carsharing, truck rental, fleet management, retail car sales and transportation services, issued the following news release: On Aug. 8 a dry summer fire ignited on the Hawaiian island of Maui and spreading at a rate of one mile per minute, morphed into the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history. A week after the fire started, nearly 100 have been confirmed dead and the town of Lahaina has been left in ashes. In r  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 16 -- The Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy's Internet Governance Project issued the following article: * * * Reports on the evolving digital political economy Oral arguments in Missouri v Biden appeal * * * By Milton Mueller, Karim Farhat, Jyoti Panday and Seungtae Han On August 10 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit listened to oral arguments related to an injunction that restricts the Biden administration from communicating with soc  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 17 -- Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: Responding to the severe drought conditions affecting farmers and ranchers across Missouri, State Treasurer Vivek Malek is introducing the Farm Relief Loan (FRL) program. The Farm Relief Loan program will provide vital assistance to producers impacted by this year's drought. "It has been one thing after another for Missouri's farmers and ranchers. The flooding in 2019,   more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 16 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 15, 2023: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office joined forces with statewide agriculture groups to invite Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry to Missouri after his recent comments demanding the United States scale back its agriculture industry for its "high emissions." The agriculture groups joining the letter include M  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 16 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $50,000 Clean Water Engineering Report Grant to the city of Branson West. The city will use the funding to evaluate its public wastewater system for improvements. Through its Clean Water Engineering Report Grant program, the department offers funding to qualified communities to help cover costs of evaluating public waste  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 16 -- The Missouri Department of Transportation issued the following news on Aug. 15, 2023: The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced last week that it is accepting applications for the second year of its Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program. The SMART Grants Program was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed by President Biden on November 15, 2021. The program will fund up to $500 milli  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 16 -- Gov. Michael Parson, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023: Today, Governor Mike Parson announced seven appointments to various boards and commissions. Deanna Bokel, of Weldon Spring, was appointed to the Board of Nursing Home Administrators. Ms. Bokel currently serves as director of corporate compliance for Stonebridge Senior Living. She previously served as a registered nurse in Acute Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Ms. Bokel  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 17 -- The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development issued the following news release: Missouri non-farm payroll employment increased by 6,900 jobs between June 2023 and July 2023, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased by one-tenth of a percentage point. Private industry employment was responsible for the jobs increase, while government employment was unchanged over the month. The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment r  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 16 -- The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news release: The State Board of Education's (State Board's) Teacher Recruitment and Retention Blue Ribbon Commission (Commission) presented its final recommendations to the State Board at its meeting on August 15. The Commission's recommendations fall into four categories: immediate support for classroom management, evidence-based models for reorganizing schools, master teach  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 16 -- The New Hampshire Department of Insurance issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023: Today, the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) proudly announces its accreditation by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) Financial Regulation Standards and Accreditation (F) Committee. The NAIC voted to accredit the states of Missouri, New Hampshire, South Dakota, and Texas during the NAIC's 2023 Summer National Meeting. The NAIC Accred  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 16 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: NABJ-MU, the Missouri School of Journalism's chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, won the NABJ Student Chapter of the Year Award during the organization's annual national convention in Birmingham, Alabama, this month. "Over time, NABJ-MU members have built a strong structure of leadership development that continues to lead to remarkable opportunities," said D  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 17 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Dr. Steve Corsi as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Corsi will start Sept. 11. Corsi's most recent role is acting CEO of the Central Wyoming Counseling Center. He has been director and/or CEO of the Missouri Department of Social Services, Wyoming Department of F  more

HILLSBORO, Missouri, Aug. 16 -- St. Louis University issued the following news: Saint Louis University's "Black in STEM Celebration & Awards" event received the 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. The Inspiring Programs in STEM Award honors colleges and universities that encourage and assist students from underrepresented groups to enter the fields of science, technology, eng  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 16 -- The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news release: The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released preliminary statewide 2022-23 Grade Level and End-of-Course (EOC) assessment data during the August 15 State Board of Education meeting. The results represent data from the required state assessments: English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics for grades 3-8; Science for grades 5 and 8; and Eng  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 16 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: When she was in middle school, Maya Dawson spent hours writing short stories and poetry, developing her own voice as an author. Once she got to high school, Dawson thought those skills would translate rather well to a journalism class she was interested in taking. While Dawson quickly learned that her journalistic writing voice would differ from her poetic style, she also found a  more

SAINT LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 16 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023: Today, Verizon announced that it now has access to the total amount of 5G C-band spectrum awarded at auction in March 2021 - four months ahead of schedule. Saint Louis residents and visitors will now be able to use a full 160 MHz of spectrum, nearly tripling the 5G bandwidth available to serve customers throughout Saint Louis. This allows Verizon to m  more