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water we have in missouri and we need to protect the quality of water have in our state. all across our state drinking and wastewater treatment systems, many built decades ago are starting to fall apart. if you ve ever had a pipe burst in your basement, or a cracked maintain your subdivision, you know how costly and annoying that can be. that s what my budget this year includes $70 million, funds already approved by the voters and the legislature, to rebuild these aging water systems now and ensure that we leave missouri s water better than we found them. [applause] our rivers and streams are part of the priceless outdoor heritage that missourians can enjoy. our 87 state parks and historic sites have been recognized as the finest in the nation for camping, hiking bicycling and paddling, with millions of visitors every year. this is the year, this year, is our opportunity to update and renovate our state park cabins and lodges with special attention to preserving the his ....
the evidence in secret appears to be overwhelming. and yet, why can t we do the american thing? have a public trial, accuse them, and convict them in a court. it is more difficult to believe in the concept of innocent until proven guilty when the accused is unpopular or hated. the principle of innocent until proven guilty is more difficult when the accused is charged with treason. the bill of rights is easy. it s easy to defend when we like the speech or sympathize with the defendant. defending the right of trial for people we fear or dislike is more difficult. it s extremely hard. but we have to defend the bill of rights or it will slip away from us. it s easy to support a trial for someone who looks like you, for someone who has the same color skin or for someone who has the same religion. it s easy. presumption of innocence is, however, much harder when the citizen practices a minority religion, when the citizen resides in a foreign land or sympathizes with the enemy ....
excited about learning and set you on a path for an extraordinary career. unfortunately, there are a lot of kids around the country who are not getting the kind of teaching that they need not because there aren t a whole lot of great potential teachers out there, but because we re not doing enough to put a lot of our teachers in a position to succeed. they may not be getting the training they need. they may not be getting the professional development and support be that they need. support that they need in the classroom. and part of our goal since we came into office, is how do we continually improve how teachers can get better each and every year? of particular concern is the fact that typically the least experienced teachers, the ones with the least support, often end up in the poorest schools. so we have a problem in which the kids who need the most skilled teachers are the least likely to get them. and the most talented and skilled teachers often times are teachin ....
will ferrell and bradley cooper went on two ferns and were catapulted to stardom. i m glad to see the two ferns effect has had the same impact on health care enrollment. since president obama went on two ferns, 19,000 people were referred to the web sites of enrollment from the funny or die web site. by 6:00 p.m. that day, 32,000 people to healthcare.gov. h.h.s. officials said traffic on healthcare.gov had risen by 40% on tuesday to over 890,000 visits on that one day. it s a signal that when young people through whatever means is available to them find out about the benefits of the affordable care act, they re interested. and they re signing up. i, frankly, hope that president obama uses more innovative tools and methods to try to get the word out to young adults in their late teens and 20 s and 30 s about the importance of signing up for the affordable care act. because it s important. 70,000 adolescents and young adults are diagnosed with with cancer every sing ....
Governor Mike Parson Thursday kicked off the first project to expand Interstate 70 across the state. The $405 million expansion project of I-70 between Columbia ....