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‘It’s time for me to step back’: Missouri’s Blaine Luetkemeyer looks to retirement from Congress
WASHINGTON — Through 26 years as a legislator, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer traveled back and forth from work to be with his family in St. Elizabeth. Luetkemeyer has another agenda for this fall’s election season rather than campaigning: spending time on a small family farm in the Ozark foothills. His seven grandchildren, aged from 2 to […]
Fight over transmission towers for reliable energy rages across Missouri
WASHINGTON — From the beige-trimmed kitchen window of her home in Missouri’s Monroe County, Marilyn O’Bannon can look out across more than a half-mile field of crops. But in the future, that view may include electrical transmission towers and lines, which could be along the route of a proposed massive federal power transmission corridor that […]
Few Missouri dairy cows have been tested for bird flu virus
WASHINGTON — As the number of dairy cows infected with a strain of bird flu virus grows across the country, 17 of Missouri’s roughly 60,000 dairy cows have been tested while agriculture officials and farmers keep watch for signs that the outbreak has entered the state. So far, Missouri farmers haven’t reported any cows with […]