Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Joel Topham, Roaring River State Park natural resource manager, explains how the new fish-cleaning station grinds up fish remains and flushes it through the parks sewer system. Kyle Troutman/editor@cassville-democrat.com
About 50 people attended the ribbon-cutting for the new fish-cleaning station at Roaring River State Park on Friday, learning how the new facility works from Joel Topham, Roaring River State Park natural resource manager.
Laura Hendrickson, Missouri State Parks Ozarks Region Director, spoke Friday at the fish-cleaning station ribbon-cutting ceremony at Roaring River State Park, thanking Park Natural Resource Manager Joel Topham, left, for his work at the park and with coordinating the building of the station. Kyle Troutman/editor@cassville-democrat.com
Lucas blasts proposed Missouri oversight Kansas City s COVID relief spending Jeanne Kuang and Steve Vockrodt, The Kansas City Star
Apr. 26 JEFFERSON CITY Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas slammed a proposal Monday by state lawmakers to review cities pandemic aid spending, the latest in a series of legislative moves that city officials say undermines the principle of local control.
The proposal was heard by the House Budget Committee Monday, as Lucas administration prepares this week to outline how he wants to spend the first $95 million that the city has received from the federal government through the American Rescue Plan.
The bill sponsored by House Budget Chair Cody Smith, a Carthage Republican, would form a state oversight committee to look into local governments spending of those dollars to root out fraud.
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Missouri House Budget Chair: bipartisan oversight is needed on federal rescue plan dollars (AUDIO)
Legislation aimed at preventing waste or fraud of federal stimulus dollars will be heard Monday afternoon by the Missouri House Budget Committee in Jefferson City.
Missouri House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith (R-Carthage) speaks on the House floor on March 30, 2021, as Speaker Pro Tem John Wiemann (R-O’Fallon) and Floor Leader Dean Plocher (R-St. Louis County) visit (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications)
The bill from Budget Chairman Cody Smith (R-Carthage) establishes the Committee on Local Recovery Accountability and Transparency to conduct oversight of stimulus money.
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Cody Smith: Missouri expects to receive billions under new stimulus package (AUDIO)
Legislation creating a new fund for the billions of dollars Missouri is expected to receive from a new federal stimulus package will be unveiled Monday afternoon in Jefferson City.
Missouri House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith, R-Carthage, testifies before a House committee in Jefferson City on February 24, 2021 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications)
House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith (R-Carthage) tells Missourinet that any money from the “American Rescue Plan of 2021” and any future stimulus money would go into the new fund.