AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoAI Data Center Backlash in Missouri: Hundreds rallied in the Capitol rotunda calling for a statewide moratorium on hyperscale AI data centers, warning about impacts to water, electricity costs, farmland, and property, and demanding health and environmental protections, transparency, and no tax incentives; the protest spilled toward the Governor’s Mansion and ended with one arrest after demonstrators blocked a roadway. Water Infrastructure Push: The House advanced the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2026, including Missouri River flood and storm risk management and levee-owner collaboration, with provisions aimed at speeding Corps project delivery. Missouri River Education Milestone: Missouri River Days marked 10 years of fourth-grade field trips connecting students to the river through hands-on learning and boat rides, now offering free Every Kid Outdoors passes to participants. Invasive Species Alert: Missouri River backwaters near Niobrara and Bazile Creek saw a new find of brittle naiad, urging waterfowl hunters to take care to prevent spread of the invasive aquatic weed. Local Energy Oversight: Missouri regulators dismissed a complaint against Ameren Missouri tied to the Rush Island coal plant shutdown, leaving five municipalities to absorb rising electricity supply costs.
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