Perryville Republic Monitor
WEBRobert Dennis McDonald, 70, of Perryville, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at his residence. He was born April 29, 1954 in Festus to Woodrow and Lucille (Hayes) McDonald. Robert and …. James E. Cissell Brewer. James Edward Cissell, 88, of Brewer, passed away Friday, August 30, 2024 at Independence Care Center of Perry County.
Racing toward Election Day, control of U.S. Senate and House up …
WEB1 day ago · Recent projections tilt in favor of Republicans taking the U.S. Senate, an already closely divided chamber that is sure to be near evenly split again next Congress (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images).WASHINGTON — The country’s next president will need a friendly Congress to make their policy dreams a reality, but control of the two chambers remains deeply uncertain with just weeks until Election ...
Summer COVID surge is starting to recede in Missouri. The next …
WEBAug 29, 2024 · A sign marks the entrance to the a drive-through COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Shannon County Health Center on July 8, 2021 (Tessa Weinberg/Missouri Independent).A summer COVID wave fueled by a highly contagious variant, increased travel and hot days that crowded people indoors may be starting to …
Abortion rights, minimum wage hike divide Quade and Kehoe in …
WEB18 hours ago · The four candidates for governor met Friday for the first, and perhaps only, debate of the campaign. Appearing are, from left, state Rep. Crystal Quade, the Democratic nominee; Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, the Republican candidate; Bill Slantz of the Libertarian Party; and Paul Lehmann of the Green Party (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent).SPRINGFIELD — Twenty years of Republican control of the ...
Missouri Supreme Court voted 4-3 to keep abortion on ballot, …
WEB1 day ago · The Missouri Supreme Court takes the bench on Sept. 10, 2024, in Jefferson City to hear a case questioning whether an amendment to overturn the state's abortion ban will remain on the state's November ballot.
States are pushing back with anti-labor laws as union popularity …
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Growing union organizing across the country has triggered an anti-labor legislative response in some states, but cities and counties are increasingly pushing back, a new report found. The report, …
In small towns, even GOP clerks are targets of election …
WEBAug 27, 2024 · In small towns, even GOP clerks are targets of election conspiracies. Matt Vasilogambros (via Missouri Independent) A polling location in Jefferson City the morning of Aug. 6 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).PORT AUSTIN, Mich. — Deep in the thumb of Michigan’s mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula, Republican election officials are …
U.S. House GOP sets up fight over noncitizen voting in bill averting ...
WEBSep 9, 2024 · The U.S. House as it returns from a five-week recess is preparing to vote on a stopgap spending bill that also includes a provision to bar noncitizens from voting in federal elections (Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom).WASHINGTON — As Congress returns from a five-week recess Monday, House Republicans have attached a provision to bar noncitizens from voting in federal elections — which is ...
The Fed says its long-awaited rate cut is apolitical, even close to …
WEB2 days ago · The Federal Reserve’s first key interest rate cut in four years coincides with another major four-year event: the homestretch of the presidential election. Fed Chair Jerome Powell downplayed the …
Most workers make about the same as before the pandemic — …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · (Spencer Platt/Getty Images).The typical U.S. worker’s pay is about the same as it was in late 2019, after accounting for inflation. But workers in some states have seen sharply higher earnings, especially in scenic areas that are appealing to remote workers and have labor shortages.