CHICAGO, Illinois, June 11 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * AASL National Conference Closing Session Live Recording of The Reading Culture Podcast with Mychal Threets * CHICAGO--Mychal Threets, the Mr. Rogers of school librarians, will conclude the 2025 AASL National Conference, which will take place October 16-18 in St. Louis, Missouri. Host Jordan Lloyd Bookey of the Reading Culture podcast, sponsored by Beanstack, will offe  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 12 -- The American Soybean Association issued the following statement on June 10, 2025: * * * ASA Congratulates Vaden on USDA Deputy Secretary Confirmation The American Soybean Association congratulates Stephen Vaden on his confirmation today as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Vaden brings vast legal and policy experience to the position, having previously served as USDA General Counsel and as a federal judge, in addition to strong agricultura  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * BCLP Appellate Team secures win barring punitive damages in Florida * A three-judge panel of the Florida Court of Appeals on June 11 ruled that a plaintiff cannot claim punitive damages in a suit against BCLP client Monsanto. This is the latest win in BCLP's long-running effort to curb some of the astronomical damages awarded in cases across the US alleging that   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * BCLP Earns Top Rankings in the 2025 Legal 500 US Guide * BCLP has been recognized in the Legal 500 US 2025 Guide, with rankings across 11 practice areas and 45 lawyers individually highlighted for their standout work. The firm's M&A: Middle-Market practice maintained its Tier 1 ranking for the third consecutive year, and Joel Lander, regional leader of the firm's  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * BCLP Recognized in Mergers & Acquisitions' Top 2025 Middle-Market Deals of the Year for Role in New Era-'47 Transaction * BCLP has been recognized for its role in a high-impact branded sports headwear and apparel transaction named in Mergers & Acquisitions' 18 th Annual Mid-Market M&A Awards. The annual list highlights 13 transactions across a range of industries  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Chairman Smith at Secretary Bessent Hearing: President's Economic Agenda Igniting New Era of Prosperity Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following remarks at a hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. As prepared for delivery. "I want to start off by thanking you, Secretary Bessent, for   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Committee Approves Bills to Provide Veterans with Transportation Jobs, Enact Public Buildings Reforms, Improve Program Oversight, and More The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today approved 10 bills, including seven bills introduced by T&I Committee freshman Republican Members that will provide more paths t  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Baseball Game Shatters Previous 2024 Fundraising, Attendance Records * Washington, D.C. - The Congressional Sports for Charity Foundation announced this morning that the 2025 Congressional Baseball Game has raised over $2.75 million for local DMV charities and sold more than 30,000 tickets--shattering the previous attendance and fundraising records set in 2024 and marking the most su  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a Supplemental Notice of Scoping Period to specifically request comments on alternate compressor station locations for the proposed Cedar Vale Compressor Station Project. This project, by Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., involves the construction and operation of new natural gas facilities in Osage County, Oklahoma, aimed at increasing capacity to deliver approximately 98,000 dekatherms per day of natural   more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, June 11 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * ICE raids, Medicaid penalties deter many from seeking critical care in California, panelists say * By Ana B. Ibarra, California Fellow * Moderator: Alice Miranda Ollstein, senior health care reporter,Politico * Arturo Vargas Bustamante, Ph.D., professor,UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and faculty research director at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Inst  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, June 12 (TNSjou) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * Looking in the digital mirror: Mizzou researchers introduce concept of 'social self-comparison' What happens when people look at their edited photos on social media and then compare those images to how they look in real life? * It started with a TikTok trend. Makenzie Schroeder, a graduate student in the University of Missouri's College of Arts and Science, noticed people were postin  more

CANTON, Ohio, June 11 [Category: Sports] -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * Missouri approves stadium aid for Kansas City Chiefs, Royals, plus disaster relief for St. Louis * JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers on Wednesday approved hundreds of millions of dollars of financial aid to try to persuade the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to remain in the state and help the St. Louis area recover from a devastating tornado. House passage sends the legislative   more

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, June 12 -- Southeast Missouri State University issued the following news: * * * Missouri Humanities Council Awards Grant to Southeast Missouri University Foundation for Historic Preservation Programming The Missouri Humanities Council (MHC) has awarded a grant of $5,000 to the Southeast Missouri University Foundation - Center for Regional History in support of the project titled "Historic Preservation Month Programming for Missouri Main Streets." The MHC is the only   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * President Trump's Pro-Growth Agenda Delivers Results for Families Strapped By Biden's Four Years of High Prices WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for May 2025: "With th  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Cleaver, Kim Reintroduce BUDS Resolution to Bolster Bipartisan Collaboration in Congress * (Washington, D.C.) \- Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Young Kim (R-CA), along with Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA), William Timmons (R-SC), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), and Mike Carey (R-OH), reintroduced the Building Unity through Dual Sponsors (BUDS) Resolution to bolster bip  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Bob Onder, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Held a Vote on Congressman Onder's Shared Property Agency Collaboration and Engagement Act of 2025 (SPACE) Act Congressman Bob Onder's bill, H.R. 3424, the Shared Property Agency and Collaboration and Engagement Act of 2025 (SPACE) Act passed out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.  The SPACE Act requires the Administr  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Formally Proposes Repeal of Bedrock Environmental Safeguards, Sells Out Missouri * Jefferson City, Mo - Today, the Trump Administration issued a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency to repeal the agency's Clean Air Act Section 111 carbon pollution standards, which limit climate-disrupting greenhouse gas emissions from gas- and coal-fired power plants. This c  more