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Safety starts with the motorcyclist

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Spring’s arrival allows us to break the clutches of winter with long walks, cookouts, baseball and other outdoor activities. It also brings the roar of motorcycles, which was easily noticeable as soon as the mercury cracked 50. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for St. Joseph to experience its first

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Senate should reject all-or-nothing trans agenda

The somber decorum of the Missouri Senate has little in common with the boisterous, rainbow-flag-waving crowd at City Hall. Both groups, however, share a preoccupation with transgender individuals. The Democratic Party LGBTQ+ Caucus led a demonstration last weekend outside St. Joseph’s City Hall where protesters waved signs that read, “Trans Lives Matter” and “Trans Equality.”

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Just don’t mention the ‘P’ word

By NewsPress Now The grand opening of the InspireU Children’s Discovery Center gives the community plenty to celebrate. The Mosaic Life Care Foundation led the fundraising effort to renovate the Plymouth Building and develop an interactive experience with exhibits for families with children ages 10 and younger. In terms of fundraising and community support, the

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No escape from trash mountain

By NewsPress Now Imagine if Mayor John Josendale had a hotline on his desk that allowed him to make one emergency call to a former municipal leader. Josendale might choose David Jones, the mayor who took his share of lumps after proposing a franchised trash service in St. Joseph. The advice from Jones might be,

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The Missouri Senate’s new traffic cop

By NewsPress Now Tony Luetkemeyer voiced confidence and enthusiasm following his election to the second-highest leadership position in the Missouri Senate. Luetkemeyer, a Republican who represents Buchanan and Platte counties, enters the 2025 legislative session with reason for optimism. He will serve as majority floor leader in a GOP leadership team that includes Sen. Cindy

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Your neighbor is not your enemy

By NewsPress Now As election results came in Tuesday night, one thing became abundantly clear. About half the population will believe the country is doomed following Donald Trump’s victory. A Kamala Harris victory would have prompted the same “sky-is-falling-in” reaction from the other half of the electorate. Maybe that’s the one unifying element in this

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We endorse Hawley for senate

By NewsPress Now Some politicians appear to come from nowhere when they run for office. Josh Hawley is not one of them. The senior senator from Missouri gives the impression of someone whose political strategizing began in junior high. Hawley’s ambition and his embrace of the spotlight is something that critics never fail to point

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With government, less is less

By NewsPress Now This coming Monday, anyone turned away from a locked government building might want to ponder a famous Jeffersonian maxim. “The best government is that which governs least.” Some local government officials, along with state and federal offices, certainly put the second half of that philosophy into practice. (No one is quite sure

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The city needed to pick one location

By NewsPress Now The city of St. Joseph made a significant move in narrowing the potential sites for a future multi-sports complex to Missouri Western State University. There were plenty of good reasons to pursue the proposed sports complex at the East Hills Shopping Center, mostly due to site access, available utilities and the opportunity

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Waiting for the next big study

By NewsPress Now Those who live or work near the Missouri River will never forget the years of 1993, 2011 and 2019. That’s when the surging river overtopped levees, causing massive flooding that destroyed crops and property and left major highways impassable for months. Those years are memorialized in government data on the Missouri River

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Why? Because they said so

By NewsPress Now On Nov. 5, Missouri voters weigh in on the race for the White House and determine the fate of ballot measures on abortion, sports gambling and the minimum wage. These high-profile issues will dominate the last nine weeks of the election cycle and drive record-high turnout. By contrast, Amendment 6 will likely

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Downtown wasn’t worth the bet

By NewsPress Now If you build it they will come. Except in Downtown St. Joseph. New developments fall into disrepair or disuse despite giddy promises of Downtown’s renaissance. If this is a renaissance, it might be the early part with the plague still hanging around the streets of Florence. In St. Joseph, the long march

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A marathon becomes a sprint

By NewsPress Now When contemplating this year’s tumultuous presidential election campaign, consider one startling piece of information. It’s not even Labor Day. Who knows what kind of October surprise is in store for us? An economic downturn and a wider war in the Mideast are possibilities that would jolt the campaign and make things more

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Prop S deserves a ‘yes’ vote

By NewsPress Now A proposed 60% pay increase should send morale through the roof, but some observers noticed a surprisingly tepid response to a significant development in starting salaries for Missouri teachers. It isn’t that school officials lacked appreciation for legislation that seeks to raise starting pay from $25,000 to $40,000 in Missouri, where teaching

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Easy money era will come to an end

By NewsPress Now Buchanan County’s legislative delegation should send a big “thank you” bouquet to the person who picked the morning of June 28 for a public affairs gathering to discuss the 2024 regular session in Jefferson City. Lawmakers were able to walk into the Stoney Creek Hotel and talk up all the money they

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Who’s in charge here?

By NewsPress Now Joe Biden entered the June 27 presidential debate with one job to do. He needed to appear mentally sharp and vigorous enough to dispel any notion that he is not up to the task of a second term. The 81-year-old president failed miserably. His befuddled appearance and incoherent answers amplified concerns about

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