WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- A coalition of 46 agricultural organizations has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) expressing strong opposition to proposed revisions to the National Handbook of Conservation Practices. The proposed changes include significant modifications to Conservation Practice Standard (CPS) 359, which governs the design and operation of waste treatment lagoons used for animal manure. The proposed rev  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Ameren Missouri has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging the agency to withdraw a recently issued reclassification rule that designates the Missouri portion of the St. Louis Nonattainment Area as "Serious" for failing to meet the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards. In the letter, Ameren argues that the reclassification was improperly conducted without the necessary notice-and-comment rulemaking process. T  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * DHS Releases Video Honoring Illinois Woman Katie Abraham Who Was Killed by an Illegal Alien Charged with DUI in Hit and Run * Today, Secretary Noem is in Chicago highlighting the worst of the worst arrested in the Sanctuary City WASHINGTON --In January 2025, a 20-year-old Illinois woman, Katie Abraham and her friend Chloe Polzin, were killed in an drunk driving hit-and-run car wreck caus  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Graves Introduces Bill to Protect Landowner Rights * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) introduced the Rails to Trails Landowner Rights Act today. The bill strengthens landowner rights to stop federal land seizures. "Our right to own property, to farm, and to provide for our families is sacred," said Graves. "The Founding Fathers sought to protect landowners from government land grabs w  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * No Tax on Overtime: $1,400 Tax Cut for Workers Will Fuel Manufacturing Comeback No tax on overtime included in The One, Big, Beautiful Bill gives overtime hourly employees a $1,400 tax cut and creates a huge incentive for American workers to power the manufacturing boom to come from President Trump's tax and trade agenda. "No tax on overtime is anothe  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Ameren Missouri, American Electric Power Inc. (AEP) and Nebraska Public Power District, collectively referred to as the "Utilities for Reasonable Progress," submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advocating for the approval of state implementation plans concerning regional haze in Texas and Oklahoma. The organizations expressed their support for the EPA's proposed policy which centers on the concept of reasonable progress towards  more