/news-rss?filter=conservation MO.gov News Feed: Department of Conservation Fri, 18 Jul 2025 23:38:51 +0000 en-us https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/news/2095 https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/?p=2095 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:49:40 +0000 House Democrats spoke to the media and took questions after the body adjourned its annual veto session: https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/news/2091 https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/?p=2091 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:24:43 +0000       July 4 was the 13 year anniversary of the death of 11 year-old Blair Shanahan Lane.  Five days later legislation criminalizing “celebratory gunfire,” such as what ended her life, was signed into law.        That signing was the culmination of 13 years of work by a determined mother who responded to the senseless death … Continue reading "‘Law’ at last: After 13 years, Blair’s Law, criminalizing ‘celebratory’ gunfire, is signed" https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/news/2083 https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/?p=2083 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:10:42 +0000 Warrensburg Representative Dan Houx (R) said goodbye to the House in the final days of the 2024 session, his last due to term limits: https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/news/2084 https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/?p=2084 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:10:32 +0000 Representative Deb Lavender (D-Manchester) said goodbye to the House as her final session, due to term limits, drew to a close: https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/news/2081 https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/?p=2081 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:57:45 +0000 Representative Kurtis Gregory (R-Marshall) said goodbye to his colleagues as his final regular session in the House wound down: https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/news/2082 https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/?p=2082 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:55:40 +0000 Representative Donna Baringer (D-St. Louis) bid her colleagues farewell as her final session in the House, due to term limits, drew to a close: https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/news/2079 https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/?p=2079 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:56:30 +0000       A House effort to arrive at a successful performance-based model for funding the state’s colleges and universities launched on Tuesday.       The House Special Interim Committee on Higher Education Performance Funding held an introductory hearing, in which it heard several presentations about the past attempts at performance-based funding.        Committee Chair Brenda Shields (R-St. … Continue reading "House panel seeks success in creating higher ed performance-based funding plan" https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/news/2075 https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/?p=2075 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:39:41 +0000 Representative Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway (R-Festus) bid the Missouri House farewell as the 2024 session wound down: https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/news/2076 https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/?p=2076 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:39:20 +0000 Kansas City Representative Ingrid Burnett (D) offered this farewell before the end of her last regular session in the House: https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/news/2072 https://newsroom.house.mo.gov/?p=2072 Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:25:12 +0000       A Task Force that hopes to advance Missouri’s response to substance abuse has resumed work.        The Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Task Force met in the 2023 interim and developed recommendations for the legislature, some of which were enacted.  One of those was that it be continued this year, and its chairman, Representative … Continue reading "Task Force resumes look at Missouri’s response to substance abuse"