ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 7 -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: BCLP was mentioned in Law360 on its representation of Berry Global Group Inc. in its merger with Glatfelter Corp. in a $3.6 billion deal meant to create a publicly traded specialty materials business. Packaging solutions company Berry will bring a portfolio of proprietary technologies focused on healthcare, hygiene and "specialty end markets" to engineered materials business Glatfelter. The dea  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: After a bill was introduced in the Missouri state legislature to protect access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and after the Alabama Supreme Court decision that attacks access to the treatment, Republican candidate for Missouri governor and state Senator Bill Eigel claimed "I have said this my entire life, that life begins at conception," at direct odds with the use of IVF. This isn't shocking: Sen. Eigel h  more

ROLLA, Missouri, March 7 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: Engineering and computing professionals in St. Louis will soon have local access to several Missouri S&T master's degree programs, certificates and quick courses. "After thorough market analysis and discussions with our industry partners in St. Louis, it's evident that introducing S&T's high-quality engineering and computing programs is key to filling critical gaps in specialized education and  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 7 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey directed a letter to Missouri's Department of Social Services (DSS), urging them to prevent taxpayer funding from going to Planned Parenthood due its prolonged history of violating state law. The letter comes on the heels of General Bailey's lawsuit against Planned Parenthood for trafficking minors out of state to obtain   more

SIKESTON, Missouri, March 7 -- The Missouri Department of Transportation issued the following news on March 6, 2024: The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded contracts for the Southeast District during its regular meeting on March 6. Contracts included pavement improvements and bridge washing. Contracts included the following: * A $183,800 contract was awarded to AAD Contracting, Inc., for washing the bridge on Interstate 155 over the Mississippi River in Pemiscot County.   more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 7 -- The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission issued the following news on March 6, 2024: The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded three projects for rural roads today, the final projects awarded in the Governor's Rural Routes Program. The program, created with Gov. Mike Parson's signing of the fiscal year 2024 state budget, allocated $100 million of General Revenue funds to the Missouri Department of Transportation to improve low-vo  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 7 -- The Missouri House issued the following news: A House committee has been presented with stories of a parent's nightmare: children being taken by the state based on false suspicions of parental abuse. Legislators are being asked to address the issue, but finding a balance is difficult when the safety of children is at stake. The stories shared some similarities. Parents take a child to a doctor for care for a broken bone. A medical professional suspects the   more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 7 -- The Missouri Department of Transportation issued the following news: MoDOT is pleased to announce the consultant selections for the supplemental solicitation for firms to be added to the 2023-2026 MoDOT On-Call program. Linked below is the supplemental selections list of firms to be added to the 2023-2026 MoDOT On-Call List: * 2023-2026 MoDOT Supplemental On-Call Selections List (https://www.modot.org/media/46704) Firms who were previously selected during  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 6 -- Quarles and Brady, a law firm, issued the following news release: The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced today that Jaimie Mansfield and Wakaba Tessier have joined the firm's St. Louis office as partners. Mansfield is in the Real Estate Practice Group and Tessier, who will work remotely from the Kansas City area, is in the Health & Life Sciences Practice Group. The addition of Mansfield and Tessier brings the attorney count to 13 for the firm's S  more

POINT LOOKOUT, Missouri, March 7 -- College of the Ozarks issued the following news release: School of the Ozarks and "The Classical Thistle" hosted the annual Classical Christian Educators Conference at College of the Ozarks on March 1-2, 2024. The conference explored the practical aspects of teaching classically within today's classrooms. This conference aimed to equip teachers with practical tools to use right away through workshops that include ideas and tips from seasoned classical educat  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 7 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: The Missouri School of Journalism's Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) and the MU School of Law Veterans Clinic are teaming up to host the 2024 Veterans Clinic Symposium, which will take place on Friday, April 19 at RJI's Smith Forum. Registration for the symposium is free, and those unable to attend in person will be able to view a livestream. The full schedule  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 7 -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: Each year, five outstanding teachers at the University of Missouri are selected as recipients of the prestigious William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. This peer-nominated award includes a $15,000 stipend. This week and next, university administrators and executives from Commerce Bank will surprise the honorees. The William T. Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence were established i  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 7 -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Matthew Martens, interim provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri, and Steve Sowers, chief executive officer of Commerce Bank's Missouri community markets, today awarded a 2024 William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence to Nicole Campione-Barr. Campione-Barr is a professor in the College of Arts and Science and serves as the dire  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 7 (TNSres) -- The Washington University St. Louis' George Warren Brown School issued the following news: This month marks the culmination of the college basketball season, when 68 teams vie to become national champion in the annual "March Madness" tournament. It must take a lot of luck to come out on top, right? Not as much as you might think, says a sociologist at Washington University in St. Louis. "After crunching the numbers, it turns out that of the five major U  more