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If you have a personal my Social Security account, you can view your Social Security Statement online to learn about your future benefits and recent earnings history. Included with the Statement are fact sheets that provide useful information based on your age group and earnings situation. Last month, we released a new fact sheet specifically…

Each year, the United States sets aside the last Monday in May as a day of remembrance for all those who have died while serving our country in the U.S. Armed Services. Memorial Day has a distinct focus from Veterans Day, when we honor all veterans, and Armed Forces Day, when we show our appreciation…

Potholes have appeared in the liberal road to paradise. A current Quinnipiac poll discovered President Biden’s approval within the Hispanic demographic has sunk in recent weeks from a respectable 55% to an abysmal 26%. Since Biden is supposed to be his party’s head honcho, this does not bode well for liberals seeking dispensation and re-election.…

If you’ve been reading this column for very long, you’ve probably heard me talk about the importance of making flood control and navigation our top priorities in managing our nation’s rivers. Unlike some of what I talk about here, this isn’t a terribly political issue, but it is a very personal and painful one for…

We need to learn that the sides we are being asked to join are imperfect. In fact, we ought to learn to stop joining sides, instead of electing to hold fast to our values. I am growing more frustrated daily with the clustering of ideologies – the grouping of ideas that the major political parties…

Part of assembling the state budget each year includes allocating a certain amount of money toward educating the children of our state. Every year, approximately 25 to 30 percent of the state’s total operating budget is designated toward elementary and secondary, and higher, education. This is not only the funding for our classrooms, but also…

This column was inspired by a discussion with Missouri Independent Reporter Rudi Keller the day after the 2022 legislative session adjourned. We reminisced about earlier years when there seemed to be a more intense focus on the specific details of public policy rather than ideology and pondered what caused the change. Has it been the…

A piece of legislation approved by the General Assembly during the final week of the 2022 session is meant to safeguard and strengthen private property protections for Missouri’s family farms. HB 2005 creates meaningful eminent domain reforms to ensure the process is used only for necessary public services that truly serve the common good. The…

On Memorial Day, our nation honors military service members who have given their lives to preserve our freedoms. Families, friends, and communities come together to remember the great sacrifices of military members and ensure their legacies live on. The benefits we provide can help the families of deceased military service members. For example, widows, widowers,…