ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 10 -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news May 9, 2024: BCLP Partner David Holmberg, Counsel Janessa M. Griffin and Associate David White authored a Letter to the Editor in Tax Notes, "Ersatz Aggregate-Entity," arguing that an important exception to FIRPTA for five percent or smaller interests in publicly traded US Real Property Holding Corporations (ten percent in the case of REITs) should be tested separately for each partner in a partner  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 10 -- The Democratic Party of Missouri issued the following news on May 9, 2024: Today, Governor Parson signed Republican State Representative Cody Smith's HB2634, which will defund essential healthcare clinics that provide access to "contraceptive care, STI testing, cancer screenings and wellness checks," among other health services. This is despite the fact that Missouri already has a near-total abortion ban, including with no exceptions for rape or incest. This   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 10 (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 May 9, 2024: Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVRG) today announced first quarter 2024 GAAP earnings of $122.7 million, or $0.53 per share, compared to GAAP earnings of $142.6 million, or $0.62 per share, for the first quarter 2023. Evergy's first quarter 2024 adjusted earnings (non-GAAP) and adjusted e  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, May 10 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Broadcast major Ethan Levy will be one out of the 380 undergraduate students recognized during the Missouri School of Journalism's graduation commencement on Friday, May 10. Having spent his childhood in Northbrook, Illinois, about 30 miles northwest of Chicago, Levy plans on using the technical skills he learned working for Mizzou Broadcast Operations to create var  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 10 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey demanded that the Biden Administration's Department of Justice (DOJ) turn over any communications relating to the investigation or prosecutions of President Trump. His request for communications - documents, calendar appointments, meeting minutes and agendas - includes those between the DOJ and the offices of Manhattan Distr  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 10 -- Gov. Michael Parson, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Today, during a signing ceremony at Ozark Empire Fairgrounds in Springfield, Governor Mike Parson signed House Bill 1803 into law. HB 1803 increases the total amount of state funds the State Treasurer may invest into the MOBUCK$ program from $800 million to $1.2 billion annually. Governor Parson was joined by State Treasurer Vivek Malek, representatives from Missouri's agricult  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 10 -- Gov. Michael Parson, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Today, during a signing ceremony at the State Capitol, Governor Mike Parson signed HB 2634 into law. While public funds are already prohibited from funding abortions in Missouri, HB 2634 will now prevent any taxpayer money from going to any abortion providers or their affiliates in the state. "Our administration has been the strongest pro-life administration in Missouri histor  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 9 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will receive more than $5 million from the U.S. Department of the Interior to plug hundreds of abandoned oil wells. The project will focus on former oil production sites in Vernon County. The work is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2027. "While no evidence suggests that either the state's groundwater or surface water currently i  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 10 -- The Missouri Department of Revenue issued the following news release: The Missouri Department of Revenue is announcing the new management contract for the Parkville License Office has been awarded to 2015 Schotthill Woods, LLC. All license office contracts in Missouri are awarded through a competitive bid process. License offices are operated by independent contractors but overseen by the Missouri Department of Revenue. Please note the current location 6400   more

MARYVILLE, Missouri, May 10 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: Northwest Missouri State University topped other colleges and universities throughout the nation this spring when it came to recycling electronic items. The final results of the 2024 Campus Race to Zero Waste competition show Northwest placed first in the category of Electronics Recycling Per Capita by recycling 3.9 pounds per capita and submitting a total of 20,343 pounds, which amounts to mo  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri Kansas City campus issued the following news: * * * It was 3:03 a.m., February 4, 1976. While Guatemala's citizens slept, the country's massive Motagua Fault ruptured. In 39 seconds, the resulting 7.5 magnitude earthquake had devastated this Central American nation. * * * Nearly five decades later, a research team from University of Missouri-Kansas City, in collaboration with U.S. and Guatemalan partners, is investigating th  more