Wednesday - October 15, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Missouri Newsletter for Tuesday October 07, 2025 ( 9 items )  

A Pick-Six by Wyatt Ryan Earns Him NAIA Defensive Player of the Week Honors in Upset Win
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 6 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * A Pick-Six by Wyatt Ryan Earns Him NAIA Defensive Player of the Week Honors in Upset Win * KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Wyatt Ryan of Hastings (Neb.) earns NAIA Football Defensive Player of the Week honors after several key plays, one of which was a five-yard pick-six to lift the Broncos over Northwestern (Iowa) on the road. Ryan posted a pair of tackles   more

Bass Earns NAIA Offensive Player of the Week Honors With Record Book Type Week
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 6 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * Bass Earns NAIA Offensive Player of the Week Honors With Record Book Type Week * KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tre' Bass had a week for the Tigers' record book. Thirty points scored and five touchdowns tied the Campbellsville (Ky.) football program record, while his 316 all-purpose yards is second-most all-time. The standout performance had Bass' stat shee  more

Chairman Smith Calls On IRS to Crack Down on Tax-Exempt Groups Tied to Terrorism & Political Violence
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2025: * * * Chairman Smith Calls On IRS to Crack Down on Tax-Exempt Groups Tied to Terrorism & Political Violence Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) is calling on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to revoke the tax-exempt status of multiple organizations previously referred by the Ways and Means Committee for failing to ope  more

Congressman Cleaver Shares Resources for Federal Workers, FAQs for Missourians Harmed by Latest Republican Shutdown
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cleaver Shares Resources for Federal Workers, FAQs for Missourians Harmed by Latest Republican Shutdown * (Kansas City, MO) - Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) shared a webpage with resources to assist federal workers and contractors impacted by the latest Republican shutdown, including the more than 30,000 that reside in Missouri's Fifth Congressional District. Th  more

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: 'An Information-based Theory of Monopsony Power'
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following white paper (No. 2025-026) on Seotember 30, 2025, by Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria and Anton Cheremukhin entitled "An Information-based Theory of Monopsony Power." Here are excerpts: * * * We develop a tractable model of monopsony power based on information frictions in job search. Workers and firms choose probabilistic search strategies, with information costs limiting how precisely they can tar  more

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: 'Recent Evolutions in the Global Trade System: From Integration to Strategic Realignment'
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following white paper (No. 2025-027) on October 1, 2025, by Ana Maria Santacreu, Alexandre Gaillard, Francois de Soyres, and Florencia Airaudo entitled "Recent Evolutions in the Global Trade System: From Integration to Strategic Realignment." Here are excerpts: * * * This paper analyzes recent structural transformations in the global economic system, emphasizing the increasing geopolitical fragmentation   more

Haskin to the house on a 97 Yard Return Gives him NAIA Special Teams Player of the Week Award
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 6 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * Haskin to the house on a 97 Yard Return Gives him NAIA Special Teams Player of the Week Award * KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Darius Haskin of Rocky Mountain (Mont.) earns NAIA Football Special Teams Player of the Week after a big performance that included a 97-yard kickoff return to tie the game. The redshirt freshman was a key part of the Battlin' Bears   more

Ranked Showdowns and Rivalries Ignite ESPN Networks with 15 Top 25 Teams and 75 Games in College Football's Week 7
BRISTOL, Connecticut, Oct. 6 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * Ranked Showdowns and Rivalries Ignite ESPN Networks with 15 Top 25 Teams and 75 Games in College Football's Week 7 * ESPN networks are set to deliver a thrilling Week 7 of college football, featuring 15 ranked teams in action across 75 games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ACC Network, ESPN+ and ESPN Radio. Saturday's coverage on ABC features an SEC on ABC tr  more

Two Teams join the Netting Professionals Top 25, While the Top Four Hold Steady
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 6 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * Two Teams join the Netting Professionals Top 25, While the Top Four Hold Steady * KANSAS CITY, Mo. \- Campbellsville (Ky.) moved into the top 10 and Grand View (Iowa) retained the top spot in the fourth regular-season edition of the Netting Professionals NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll, Oct. 6. Two teams - No. 24 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) and No. 25 Sain  more