JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 1 -- The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news release: The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), in partnership with SAS, has launched the Missouri Data Visualization Tool (MO DVT), a web-based application that offers easy-to-use reports and analysis on academic performance, including achievement and growth data aggregated by subject, year, and grade. MO DVT was created in response to stakeholder q  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 1 (TNSres) -- Energy Inc., a company that says it focuses on producing, transmitting and delivering energy for the benefit of stakeholders, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVRG) today announced full year 2023 GAAP earnings of $731.3 million, or $3.17 per share, compared to GAAP earnings of $752.7 million, or $3.27 per share, for the full year 2022. Fourth quarter 2023 GAAP earnings were $58.0 million, or $0.25 per share, com  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 1 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against Planned Parenthood Great Plains for trafficking minors out of state to obtain abortions without parental consent. He is seeking a court order to block the clinic from subjecting children to such treatment. "This is the beginning of the end for Planned Parenthood in the State of Missouri. What they conc  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 1 (TNSres) -- The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development issued the following news release: Missouri nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 800 jobs in January 2024, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged from December at 3.3 percent. Private industry employment decreased by 300 jobs and government employment decreased by 500 jobs. Over the year, there was an increase of 42,100 jobs from January 2023 to Januar  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 1 -- The Missouri House issued the following news: A House proposal that became law last year, to toughen Missouri's penalties for "smash and grab" attacks on ATMs, could be slowing down an organized crime ring in the Kansas City area. Its sponsor says that the ring's reach, and the repercussions of this new law, could extend into several states. One of two men arrested for stealing a Richmond, Missouri ATM has been charged under that law, which took effect in A  more

ST. JOSEPH, Missouri, March 1 -- The Missouri Department of Transportation issued the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted Herzog Contracting Corp. for a project that will resurface routes in Andrew and Buchanan counties beginning Tuesday, March 5. These include portions of Buchanan County Loop 29 (Pear Street), Andrew County U.S. Route 59, and Buchanan County Missouri Route 752. Crews plan to resurface the routes in the following order: *   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, March 1 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: Gov. Doug Burgum tonight convened a meeting with Col. Robert J. Newbauer, commander and district engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Omaha District, stressing the need to keep restricting flows from Garrison Dam until the threat of ice jam flooding has diminished in Bismarck-Mandan and other areas downstream. A major ice jam near Fox Island and the Heart River confluence s  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, March 1 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * Garrison Dam to Reduce Flows; Burgum Issues Emergency Declaration * * * Gov. Doug Burgum today received a commitment from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reduce flows from Garrison Dam upstream of an ice jam causing minor flooding on the Missouri River in Bismarck-Mandan, as state agencies coordinated with local and federal partners on a whole-of-government response. Sh  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 1 -- The Washington University St. Louis' George Warren Brown School issued the following news: Amid the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as attention falls not only on geopolitical maneuvers but also on the human toll of displacement, Brown School scholars Lindsay Stark and IIana Seff are working to adapt a refugee assessment and support tool for Ukrainian refugees in Poland. Poland has emerged as a key destination for Ukrainian refugees, currentl  more