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In total, approximately 2,400 people were filing an initial claim or reopening their unemployment claim. About 14,800 weekly certifications, or continued claims, were filed last week for state unemployment, with another 13,500 weekly certifications filed under PUA. In addition, about 18,700 weekly certifications were filed for the federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program. Weekly certifications must be filed by claimants every week in order to continue to receive unemployment...

JEFFERSON CITY- A Missouri House Bill is aiming to make to-go alcohol from restaurants and bars permanent. House Bill 547 is sponsored by Rep. Nick Schroer, and co-sponsored by Rep. Tom Hannegan, Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove and Rep. Richard Brown.  The bill was voted to pass by the House of Representatives in a 141-12 decision. The bill is currently in the Senate with only the second reading of the bill completed.  Rep. Schroer says the bill is an extension of Gov. Parsons executive order t...

Each year, Americans dread April 15 -- Tax Day. However, the IRS announced in March that American taxpayers would have an extra month to file their federal income taxes, pushing Tax Day to May 17 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, state filings will still proceed as planned in most places. In 2019, the average state and local tax burden was 10.3% of income, but this figure varied widely from state to state -- ranging from less than 6% to over 14%, meaning differences of thousands of...

Butch was fifty-five when he enrolled in outpatient hospice services with terminal cancer. He recounted, “It sneaked up on me and bit me on the rear end. They told me there wasn’t any cure for me, so I’ll just live it out this way. It gets worse every day but I’m still out hustling. I’m helping someone build a horse barn down the road. But I’ll pay for it at the end of the day. I’ll be hurting pretty bad.” Butch’s wife Carmen stated, “I told him...

Roanoke officials have endorsed a vision to add greenery and lights, neaten timeworn sidewalks and beautify buildings in the greater Williamson Road business corridor. The Williamson Road Area Business Association presented the plan in connection with a request for a bigger budget. In response, the Roanoke City Council recently agreed to tax 135 additional real estate parcels spanning 209 acres. That’s in addition to 370 parcels already paying the tax earmarked for the trade group, which w...

Molson Coors Beverage company has had a difficult start to 2021. More than 1.7 million barrels (52 million gallons) of beer could be impacted by winter storms in Texas and a cybersecurity incident. In February, the massive winter storm that paralyzed much of the state of Texas, stopped production at their Fort Worth brewery. The aftermath of the storm forced a halt of production for 11 days due to the damage incurred in the state’s power grid. This took off-line around 14% of the companies...

Extension specialists’ workloads monitored A newly signed law requires the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and UW-Madison chancellor to develop policies to monitor and report on Extension and outreach workloads of specialists funded by the UW-Division of Extension. The measure pertains to Extension-funded faculty and staff who work in applied agriculture at UW-Platteville, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, or UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. “Our s...

At 1st Cabinet meeting, Biden says team looks like America DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press April 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 11 1of11President Joe Biden speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Washington.Evan Vucci/APShow MoreShow Less 2of11Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin listens as President Joe Biden speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Wash...

LONGVIEW, Texas - A Longview woman who was shot delivering newspapers in Marshall was released from the hospital Wednesday morning and has had time to reflect on the incident. “People are going to do things we question daily. Right after I got shot, I was in my hospital bed watching as people were shot and killed in Boulder at a grocery store,” Valarie Grubb said from her home Wednesday night. “It can happen anywhere, anytime. People have to be vigilant and aware of their surroun...

WASHINGTON- A man has pleaded guilty to defrauding Tyson Foods Inc. and another unnamed company of more that $244 million, charging them for costs of purchasing and feeding hundreds of thousands of cattle. The problem is, the "ghost cattle" did not exist.  Court documents show that 49-year-old Cody Allen Easterday of Mesa used his company, Easterday Ranches Inc., to enter into a series of agreements with Tyson and the unnamed company to purchase and feed cattle on their behalf.  As part o...