JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 23 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following statement on Aug. 22, 2024: * * * Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that the Missouri Supreme Court sided with his office and issued a preliminary writ forcing the trial court to comply with the law and hold an evidentiary hearing in the Marcellus Williams case. "It is in the interest of every Missourian that the rule of law is fought for and upheld - every time, without fa  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 23 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that he has launched an investigation into National Public Data, a background check company that allows its customers to search billions of records with instant results, over allegations that they failed to properly secure and safeguard Missourians' personally identifiable information. Information potentially at  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 23 -- Gov. Michael Parson, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: Yesterday, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft refused to sign off on the emergency rulemaking process associated with Governor Mike Parson's Executive Order 24-10, prohibiting the sale of unregulated psychoactive cannabis products. After Secretary Ashcroft chose to sit idly by and not protect Missouri children from harmful cannabis infused products, Governor Parson penned a let  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 23 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: MOJO Ad, the Missouri School of Journalism's student-staffed, professional services advertising agency, is reaching for the stars this semester: students will build campaigns for NASA's Artemis program, an historic initiative that seeks to once again land humans on the moon. Three MOJO Ad teams will work throughout the fall semester to create distinct campaigns for Artemis, with   more

POINT LOOKOUT, Missouri, Aug. 23 -- College of the Ozarks issued the following news release: The School of the Ozarks hosted their first teacher training on July 22-25, for teachers who are in their first years of teaching within the Classical Christian Education model. Over 100 teachers throughout North America attended the three-day training sessions, with most of their expenses being paid by the Stanley M. Herzog Charitable Foundation. "We want to help train teachers to give an education th  more

MACOMB, Illinois, Aug. 22 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: The Western Illinois University Autism Center of Excellence (WACE) was recently announced as a recipient of a $5,000 grant from the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri. WIU Speech Pathology and Audiology Instructor and WACE Co-Coordinator Nicole Pierson attended the Community Foundation's awards presentation on Tuesday, August 13. "The Community Foundation works to ma  more