KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 5 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: National law firm Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that six attorneys have been recognized as Top Authors in JD Supra's 2024 Readers' Choice Awards. JD Supra honored partners Jennifer Dlugosz (Product Liability), Cortney Morgan (International Law), Nithya Nagarajan (International Law), Magda Patitsas (Product Liability), David Stauss (Data Privacy), and attorney Daniel Miske (Real Estate) as  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 4 -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: BCLP Partner Tom Lee and Knowledge Lawyer John Kindschuh were recognized by JD Supra in the 2024 JD Supra Readers' Choice awards for the Environment category. The Readers' Choice Awards recognize top authors and firms for their visibility and thought leadership covering 31 key, cross-industry topics, with 10 authors selected per category. An article authored by Tom Lee, John Kindschuh, and Emma  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 5 -- Energy Inc., a company that says it focuses on producing, transmitting and delivering energy for the benefit of stakeholders, issued the following news release: Today is the first day of National Severe Weather Awareness Week (March 4-8). The Evergy service area experiences a wide variety of severe weather during the spring and summer seasons including tornadoes, damaging winds, large hail and flash flooding. Customer preparation Evergy encourages customers t  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- MFA Oil, a farmer-owned energy supply cooperative, issued the following news release: MFA Oil, a leading provider of energy products, is excited to announce Feeding Missouri as the company's official charity partner. This strategic collaboration underscores MFA Oil's commitment to community welfare and aligns with its values of supporting the communities it serves. Feeding Missouri, a network of six regional Feeding America food banks, is dedicated to a well-nourished an  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 5 -- The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: Higher education staff members from multiple states assembled Friday to present and discuss ideas for assisting transfer students during the annual COTA Conference at the Harry S Truman State Office Building in Jefferson City. The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD) and the Committee on Transfer and Ar  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 5 -- The Missouri House issued the following news: A tax credit that legislators say has proven "vital" to the state's diaper banks, and to the families that rely on those banks, is set to expire in August. A possible extension has been advanced by a House committee. The diaper bank tax credit was passed in 2018. It allows Missouri taxpayers to claim up to half of their donations to a diaper bank against what they owe in state taxes, up to $50,000. 101 House mem  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 5 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following letter on March 4, 2024: * * * To: Ms. Jennifer Newstead, Chief Legal Officer, Meta Platforms, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025 Re: Letter from the State of Arkansas and 26 other States demanding that Instagram cease monetizing child exploitation Dear Ms. Newstead: The States of Arkansas, Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 5 (TNSres) -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Findings emphasize need for early mental health screenings, interventions * * * Preschoolers with clinical depression are more likely than their peers to have attempted suicide or to have had thoughts of killing themselves by age 12, according to a new study from researchers at Washington University in St. Louis. The findings, published recently in the Jou  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, March 5 -- Ozarks Technical Community College issued the following news release: Ozarks Technical Community College students Mitchell Eddings and Robert-Thomas (R.T.) Gumersell represented OTC during the annual Missouri Governor's Student Leadership Forum on Faith and Values held February 16-18, 2024, in Jefferson City, Missouri. The Forum challenges students' character development by encouraging them to reflect on their own decision-making skills, values, and belief sys  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * From dissecting neuronal circuits to working on cures for the world's most prolific neurogenerative diseases, Smita Saxena's expertise runs the biomedical gamut. * * * As a child, Smita Saxena was fascinated by electrical circuits. In her spare time, she would open the backs of electrical gadgets that lay around the house to study how they worked. Today, fueled in part by her childhood  more