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Look at gallons per mile to compare fuel efficiency

COLUMBIA, Mo. – If you’re in the market for a car that will save you money at the pump, looking at miles per gallon may not be the best way to compare fuel efficiency, says a University of Missouri Extension financial planning specialist. “People aren’t interested in fuel efficiency to drive more...

Hawkins Sends Letter to President Biden Opposing New Death Tax

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Today, Missouri Farm Bureau President Garrett Hawkins sent a letter to President Joe Biden opposing efforts to implement a new tax on death. President Biden has proposed eliminating the longstanding "stepped-up basis" rule, nearly doubling the capital gains tax rate and...

Why Lily of the Valley Is The Official May Day Flower

Why Lily of the Valley Is The Official May Day Flower Posted on April 30, 2021 by Carole Funger A ROYAL HISTORY In France, lily of the valley (or muguet in French) has been given as a gift for centuries. Legend has it that the custom started on May 1, 1561 when King Charles IX received a sprig...

Graves Statement on President Biden’s Address to Congress

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) released the following statement after President Biden’s address to a Joint Session of Congress: “On day one, President Biden promised bipartisanship and unity. Nearly 100 days later, and we’ve seen too little of that. From a bloated COVID “relief”...

Property Rights Battle Coming Down to the Wire By Garrett Hawkins

An editorial column from the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation On a recent afternoon in mid-April, hundreds of Missourians rallied at the Missouri State Capitol to urge the legislature to protect their property rights. The rally was sparked by an egregious abuse of eminent domain in northern Missouri...

Do You Really Appreciate What You Have?

By Bryan Golden Life is filled with challenges. There are many external circumstances outside of your control. The weather, actions of others, the economy, and politics are just a few examples. However, your response to these circumstances is completely within your control. You chose your thoughts...

Commentary

By Garrett Hawkins My wife has been stricken with a severe fever and itchy hands. Oddly enough, though, Jennifer is smiling, chatty and full of pep. It happens every year when March 1 arrives. She gets spring fever accompanied by the itch to garden, starting with planting peas and potatoes....

The More, the Merrier

Fellow Americans, America’s favorite health care expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has determined we must all do more to save the world from the cataclysmic Covid-19 virus. It’s the same virus that we were initially told came from bats in Wuhan, China. You know, it’s the virus with a 99% survival rate...

Our Lost Liberty

Fellow Americans, As I reflected on our many blessings during this Christmas season, I couldn’t help but wonder where our liberty had gone. Like the liberty to live free from fear, for instance. For nearly a year, our federal and state governments have FORCED business and schools to close. They...

The Fat Lady Has Yet To Sing

Fellow Americans, Oh, where to begin! As I write my first article since Election Day 2020, America’s domestic enemies are cheating, backstabbing, lying, and colluding to steal a presidential election! Here’s the scheme. They used fear of the Wuhan virus to promote mail-in voting. Then they...