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Manitou business owners respond to proposed tax increase
Manitou Springs residents and business owners gathered at the Garden of the Gods Trading Post Thursday night to discuss their opposition to Manitou Springs ballot initiative 2A, which would increase the City’s excise tax on ticket sales and...

BetMGM Missouri review 2025 and latest December 1 Missouri sports betting launch news
BetMGM Missouri is expected to be one of the biggest players in the game once Missouri sports betting launches on Dec. 1, 2025. We have all of the latest updates, so you know exactly what to anticipate when the market opens. Sports betting in the...

DraftKings Missouri promo code: Download the app now to prepare for the Dec. 1 launch
Now that we’re into October, the countdown to the launch of Missouri sports betting is getting real. We have less than two months until the Dec. 1 launch, but it’s not too early to get excited and prepared for what is to come. Missouri residents...

Mid-Missouri 4-H clubs gear up for National 4-H week celebration
Local 4-H clubs are preparing to celebrate National 4-H week this October. Sean Eberle, a 4-H Youth Development Educator for Cole, Callaway and Osage County said the annual event runs Oct. 5 through Oct. 11. "4-H is a positive youth-development...

Other Views: Trump’s trade wars caused a slumping ag economy. His fix is another bailout
President Donald Trump did not learn his lesson from his first administration when his trade war with China created such a financial catastrophe for American farmers that he had to provide them with a $23 billion bailout. “We will ensure our...

MoDOT planned road work in north Missouri for the week of October 6, 2025
The Missouri Department of Transportation has released its planned schedule for highway maintenance and construction across North Missouri for the week of Oct. 6–12. Projects include resurfacing, bridge replacements, culvert work, and intersection...

Missouri School Districts Struggle to Find Bus Drivers Amid Growing Shortage
Rural school districts across Missouri are facing a growing challenge: a shortage of bus drivers. In central Missouri’s Audrain County, Mexico School District Superintendent Troy Lentz told Missourinet that the lack of drivers is forcing them to...

Missouri Student Arrested for Vandalism via ChatGPT Confession
In a bizarre twist at the intersection of youthful indiscretion and artificial intelligence, a 19-year-old Missouri State University student named Ryan James Schaefer allegedly vandalized 17 vehicles in a campus parking lot, then turned to ChatGPT...

Missouri’s ginseng harvest season open through Dec. 31 with new permit rules for 2025
Missouri’s ginseng harvest season runs through Dec. 31. The Missouri Department of Conservation reminds Missourians that the state’s ginseng harvest season runs through Dec. 31. To be legally harvested, ginseng plants must have three or more true...

AFT announces winners of the 17th Annual America’s Farmers Market
American Farmland Trust has announced the winners of the 17th annual America’s Farmers Market Celebration, a national event honoring the role of farmers markets, which ran between August 1, 2025 – September 30, 2025. Ten markets receiving the most...

All 50 States Will See Devastating Economic Hit in Democrat Shutdown
As Democrats hold the government hostage over their push to fund free healthcare for illegal aliens, the Council of Economic Advisers warns the U.S. could lose $15 billion in GDP each week the government is shut down — a crisis that will ripple...

Houston's mail-order halal barbecue company fires up first restaurant
A previously mail order-only Houston barbecue company will soon open its first brick-and-mortar restaurant. Truboy BBQ will celebrate its grand opening on Thursday, October 9. Located in Missouri City at 8035 Hwy 6, the fast casual restaurant...

FTC warns companies not to soften policy to accommodate UK, EU online safety laws
The U.S. government does not like Europe’s new digital safety laws. It does not like them on free speech, claiming that they stifle the First Amendment rights of American companies. And now, it has issued a warning that companies implementing...

MU, city leaders ask businesses to sign form that would allow CPD to work on business’ behalf
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KIMZ) University of Missouri and Columbia City leaders are asking downtown businesses to sign a form that would allow the Columbia Police Department to warn unwanted people on private property for trespassing. Without a letter of...
Federal energy funding cancellations hit one New Hampshire company
A New Hampshire energy project is among more than 200 that were canceled across the country after an announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy late Wednesday. Federal officials said they determined the projects would not advance the nation’s...

Missouri to host 2025 unclaimed property auction in Independence
Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek has announced that the 2025 Unclaimed Property Auction will be held Thursday, October 9, through Friday, October 10, at Stoney Creek Hotel, 18011 Bass Pro Drive, Independence. This marks the first time in...

Missouri’s love story with Taylor Swift
It's Taylor Swift's world, and Missouri is just living in it. Since the global pop star began dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, Swift has frequently called Missouri home turf. While her visits have been constrained to the Kansas...

Eric Burlison: Missouri must lead America’s data center revolution
Missouri has always been a state that builds. From factories to airplanes, manufacturing has propelled our economy and created good-paying jobs. Today, the next chapter of growth looks different. It’s not only about what we produce in our...

Beyond Budgeting: How Lean Finance Will Redefine The CFO’s Strategic Blueprint For 2025
Technology plays a central role, but culture matters, too. How lean financial operations will define the CFO role in 2025 In an era of economic unpredictability and tight margins, chief financial officers are under mounting pressure to do more...

Missouri unveils workforce plan to expand access to career and technical jobs
Governor Mike Kehoe, in partnership with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development, has released the Executive Order 25-16: Governor’s Workforce of the Future Challenge...