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Missouri will temporarily open a new state park on the day of the solar eclipse for a public viewing event in the path of totality.

Farmers in Missouri will have access to emergency hay and water in response to drought conditions throughout the state.

Sadly, the steps are too small, and they’re doing it the wrong way. Tuesday, the House Budget Committee considered a bill adding a little more than $1 million to the public defenders’ budget, allowing the office to hire up to 15 additional lawyers. The director of the Office of the Public Defender, Mary Fox, said the money would allow her to clear up the backlog of some cases in some offices. That’s incredibly important. As The Star has reported, thousands of indigent defendants have waited months for a public defender to represent their interests before a judge. Some of those defendant...