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Blood Is Medicine: How to Help During September's Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Davenport, Iowa, Sept. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Every September, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month shines a light on the brave children and families facing a cancer diagnosis. ImpactLife reminds blood donors that “blood is medicine” for...
Attorney General Bonta Sues El Cajon for Illegally Sharing License Plate Data with Out-of-State Law Enforcement
SAN DIEGO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a lawsuit against the City of El Cajon over its refusal to comply with state law prohibiting the sharing of license plate data with federal and out-of-state law enforcement agencies....
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Join MDC for deer management open house in Mount Vernon on Oct. 16
Body MOUNT VERNON, Mo. – Enjoy hunting deer or watching them? Want help managing private land for deer? Want to know more about the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) efforts to keep deer healthy? MDC invites deer hunters, landowners and...
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Join MDC for deer management open house in Mount Vernon on Oct. 16
Body MOUNT VERNON, Mo. – Enjoy hunting deer or watching them? Want help managing private land for deer? Want to know more about the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) efforts to keep deer healthy? MDC invites deer hunters, landowners and...
Owner: American Government
Handel’s Ice Cream Opens First-Ever Missouri Location in Belton
First 100 Guests Win FREE Ice Cream for a Year at Grand Opening on September 18 BELTON, MO, UNITED STATES, September 11, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Handel’s Ice Cream, the brand serving ice cream since 1945, expands into Missouri with its first...
S. 2393, Fiscal Year 2026 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
S. 2393 would authorize the appropriation of $1.8 billion for fiscal year 2026 to construct a new hospital facility, expand a clinical building, and build related infrastructure at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in St. Louis,...
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Cradling Change: In Missouri’s first prison nursery, incarcerated moms find healing, hope — and the power of motherhood
In Missouri’s first prison nursery, incarcerated moms find healing, hope — and the power of motherhood Kathy Briggs holds newborn twins Lyric and Melody in the Prison Nursery Program housing wing at Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic &...
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Confluent Health Launches First-of-its-Kind Student Loan Repayment Program to Attract Next Generation of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Professionals
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Confluent Health, a national leader in musculoskeletal (MSK) care, today announced the launch of a groundbreaking student loan repayment initiative designed to attract top physical therapy (PT),...
Catherine L. Hanaway Sworn In As Missouri’s 45th Attorney General
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Catherine L. Hanaway was sworn in today at 10:00 a.m. as Missouri’s 45th Attorney General in a private ceremony at the Missouri Supreme Court Building. She took the oath of office on her son John’s Bible, administered by the...
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MDC reminds ginseng harvesters of season opening and new regulations
Body WEST PLAINS, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) 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 leaves (prongs)....
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Attorney General Bird Continues Fight to Protect Kids from Social Media Harm
DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today that she joined a bipartisan coalition of 31 states and the District of Columbia to support a Georgia law that limits addictive practices directed at minors by social media companies. States...
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Join MDC for deer management open house Oct. 15 in West Plains
Body WEST PLAINS, Mo. – Enjoy hunting deer or watching them? Want help managing private land for deer? Want to know more about the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) efforts to keep deer healthy? MDC invites deer hunters, landowners and...
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Join MDC for deer management open house Oct. 14 in Poplar Bluff
Body POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. – Enjoy hunting deer or watching them? Want help managing private land for deer? Want to know more about the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) efforts to keep deer healthy? MDC invites deer hunters, landowners and...
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Join MDC for deer management open house in Eugene on Oct. 8
Body JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Enjoy hunting deer or watching them? Want help managing private land for deer? Want to know more about the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) efforts to keep deer healthy? MDC invites deer hunters, landowners...
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Attorney General Hanaway Announces Felony Charges Against Former St. Peters Insurance Agent
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that her Office has filed felony charges against Pamela Walsh following an investigation into deceptive practices at her husband’s now-closed insurance agency, J....
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HHS Provides More Than $1.5 Billion in State and Tribal Opioid Response Grants
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), today allocated more than $1.5 billion in FY25 continuation funding awards for the State Opioid Response (SOR)...
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Cordell & Cordell Announces Major Expansion into Estate Planning and Probate Services
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- September 29, 2025 – Cordell & Cordell, the nation’s largest family law firm, announced a major expansion into estate planning and probate services. After extensive research, client...
Join MDC Monday for Wild Webcast on Deer Management
Body JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Enjoy hunting deer or watching them? Want to know more about deer management and the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) efforts to keep deer in Missouri healthy? MDC invites deer hunters, landowners and...
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Top Op-Eds on Big Beautiful Bill, Pro-Natalism, Nuclear Freeze, Federal Cuts, Anti-West Alliance, Claude Pepper and More
Top Op-Eds on Big Beautiful Bill, Mamdani, Pro-Natalism, Nuclear Freeze, Federal Cuts, Anti-Western Alliance, Claude Pepper, and More WASHINGTON, D.C., DC, UNITED STATES, September 29, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Over the past two months, Robert...