ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 7 -- Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren, issued the following news release: The Ferguson-Florissant School District is on track to save more than $190,000 per year after recently completing 44 energy efficiency projects through Ameren Missouri's BizSavers program. In addition to the annual savings in electric and operating costs, these upgrades project to save the school district 1.94 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity annually. "Ameren Missouri worked cl  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 7 -- American Family Insurance issued the following news release: Claims professionals from the American Family Insurance Group of companies are responding to customers impacted by tornados and other severe weather in Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri after the late-April storms impacted customers. The storms caused major damage to neighborhoods near Omaha, Nebraska and left dozens of homes damaged or destroyed (see photos above). Missouri and Iowa customers also experienced d  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 8 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statements on May 7, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey today issued the following statements after filing suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on behalf of four other state attorneys general alongside an Arkansas high school athlete against the U.S. Department of Education over its new rule interpreting Title IX: "The ove  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 8 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: Husch Blackwell announced the arrival of partner Kyle Russell, who joins the Kansas City office, as a member of the firm's Labor & Employment and Higher Education practices. He joins from Jackson Lewis where he was a principal. Russell focuses his practice on representing employers in administrative charges and lawsuits involving a wide variety of statutory and common law claims. He has also defende  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 8 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: National law firm Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that Michael Alston has been elected a Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation. Established in 1982, the Tennessee Bar Foundation comprises 850 attorneys across the state and recognizes attorneys of notable distinction through membership as Fellows. Its objectives include utilizing the contributions of Fellows to support law-related public inte  more

MARYVILLE, Missouri, May 8 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: Mitzi Marchant, who leads the fundraising branch of Northwest Missouri State University and has held several other leadership roles since joining the institution in 1999, will retire from the University this summer. Marchant, who has served as vice president of university advancement and executive director of the Northwest Foundation since 2021, will retire June 30. "Mitzi has built relationsh  more

MARSHALL, Missouri, May 8 -- Missouri Valley College issued the following news on May 7, 2024: Missouri Valley College has welcomed Alex Perez to the marketing and communications office as videographer and communications specialist. Perez' first day at MVC was Saturday, May 4 - covering commencement. "It was a great day to start, getting thrown into the fire," he said. "But I remembered what the day was like for sure." Perez graduated from Valley with a degree in communications just three yea  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 8 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey today announced he is co-leading a multistate coalition in filing suit against the Biden Administration's unconstitutional rewrite of Title IX that forces schools and universities to allow biological males in female spaces. He filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on behalf of six state attorneys  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 8 -- Gov. Michael Parson, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today, Governor Mike Parson signed Senate Bill (SB) 727 and House Bill (HB) 2287 into law. Together, the bills permanently increase baseline teacher pay to at least $40,000 per year, incentivize 5-day school weeks, increase support for early childhood education programs, and increase funding for small schools, among other provisions. "I have and always will support Missouri teachers. Since th  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 8 (TNSres) -- The Missouri Department of Transportation issued the following news on May 7, 2024: The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will host a public meeting for its Route 367 traffic safety and operations study on Tuesday, May 21 from 4-6 p.m. The open-house style meeting will be held at the Riverview Gardens School District, 1370 Northumberland Dr., 63137. The purpose of the Route 367 study is to investigate contributing factors to rising crash   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, May 8 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news on May 7, 2024: Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley today joined Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, an Arkansas high school athlete, and a coalition of three other state attorneys general filing suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against the U.S. Department of Education over its new rule interpreting Title IX. Congress enacted  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 8 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Hilgers joined a coalition of six state attorneys general filing suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against the U.S. Department of Education over its new rule interpreting Title IX. "Title IX has a long history of protecting women from harassment and creating opportunities for female athletes. Unfortunately, the Biden Administration thinks it   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 8 (TNSres) -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release: The St. Louis area has some of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the country, with the burden falling particularly heavily on Black residents and people with sexual orientations and gender identities that are marginalized. In a bid to reduce disparities and improve overall sexual health in the region, the Division of Infectious Diseases a  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, May 8 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: By Austin Fitzgerald The Stronger than Fiction Film Festival, now in its eighth year, will be held on Saturday, May 11, at the Missouri Theatre. The festival will present 13 short documentary films created by students at the Missouri School of Journalism's Murray Center for Documentary Journalism. Admission is free and open to the public. "This is one of the stronge  more