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State capital: Jefferson City Entered Union: Aug. 10, 1821 Population: 5,704,484 (2004 estimate) Area 68,886 sq mi. (178,415 sq km) (294,315 sq km) Governor: Matt Blunt (Republican) U.S. Representatives: 9 State nickname: Show-me State |
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Missouri NewsThe nation's weather<p>A low pressure system was forecast to strengthen as it continued moving off the Central Rockies and into the Central and Northern Plains.</p> Missouri plans crackdown on drunken driving over St. Patrick's weekend<p>The Missouri Department of Transportation says law enforcement officers will crack down on drunken driving the weekend before St.</p> Melting snow, rainfall raise flood likelihood<p>Higher-than-average streamflow into the Mississippi, Missouri and other rivers in the Midwest has led the National Weather Service to predict a strong chance of significant flooding this spring in eastern Missouri.</p> Missouri May Get High Tech Tool To Track Meth Makers<p>The state of Missouri has a new high-tech tool to go after meth makers. It's a database that would track purchases of cold medicines containing pseudo-ephedrine. There's a push to add St.</p> Threat Of Real Tornado Postpones Drill<p>Statewide tornado drills scheduled for Tuesday in Missouri and Kansas have been postponed because of a small risk of an actual tornado.</p> I-70 in Missouri: Not just billboards and trucker-oriented porn<p>Ted T. Cable , who teaches conservation and park management at Kansas State University, is a man who likes a challenge.</p> Missouri inmates rehabilitate pound puppies at jail<p>Inmates at a central Missouri prison are rehabilitating abandoned puppies as part of a Missouri Department of Corrections program.</p> Analysis: Mo. scolds DC on performance<p>Missouri lawmakers - just like many Americans - are not keen on the job Congress is doing.</p> Senator: Missouri not competing adequately for jobs<p>A Missouri lawmaker equates the state's approach to economic development to someone "bringing a knife to a gunfight." Republican Sen.</p> Ex-speaker will defend himself in grand jury investigation<p>Jefferson City -- Former Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton plans to defend himself before a federal grand jury investigating the way he handled legislation that would have imposed new taxes and regulations on sexually oriented businesses.</p> Millions of Gallons of Raw Sewage Dumped<p>The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is blaming an electrical malfunction in a Fulton lift station for the dumping of 1.2 million gallons of raw sewage into Smiths Branch, a tributary of Stinson Creek.</p> Missouri Budget Overstates Revenues By Up To $1 billion; Indiana...<p>Budget news from state after state is grim. When will this matter? No one knows but service cutbacks are coming, as are huge layoffs.</p> Homicide claim could undermine Mo. prosecutor's sexual abuse cases against 6 family members<p>The alleged crimes are unthinkable: rape, incest and bestiality forced upon young victims by several western Missouri family members two decades ago.</p> Fisher's legislation to extend unemployment passes<p>As many as 35,000 Missourians would benefit from extended unemployment benefits under legislation sponsored by Representative Barney Fisher, R-District 125.</p> Missouri students apologize for cotton ball prank<p>Two University of Missouri students have apologized for scattering cotton balls outside the Black Culture Center in an incident that heightened racial tensions during Black History Month.</p> Nixon: New Madrid's $55M seed facility will enhance state's reputation<p>Recent reports indicate further potential for substantial improvement and growth regarding Southeast Missouri's economy through the development of new industry in the region.</p> Homicide claim could hinder US incest, rape cases<p>But one of the more sensational claims a ' that one of the suspects forced their young victims to help kill a man a ' is creating an uphill climb for prosecutors that could sink the rest of their case, legal experts say.</p> Missouri doesn't qualify for federal education grants<p>Jefferson City -- Missouri found out Thursday it lost in the opening round of a federal competition for education grants.</p> Mo. Gov. Nixon signs bill providing for extra weeks of unemployment benefits<p>Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation providing up to 20 extra weeks of benefits for unemployed Missourians.</p> Tourism brings in $670 million in taxes<p>The Missouri Tourism Commission says the industry generated nearly $670 million in state tax revenue last year.</p> |
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