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A recently-released report from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services that analyzed the digital health of the state’s public health system says the state’s public health system needs to be more centralized - and public health agencies across the state say they agree.
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Three Senate bills authorizing video lottery games still haven’t received a hearing from the Senate Appropriations Committee. There are only five weeks left before the Senate adjourns and the state budget remains unfinished. -
Current mayor Barbara Buffaloe was elected to another term Tuesday night. Her win came after a race focused on public safety and state advocacy. -
The money will be used to buy new firefighting vehicles, equipment and other improvements, fire district officials said. -
Incumbent Barbara Buffaloe held on to her seat Tuesday night. -
Foster, who fended off a challenge from Ron Graves, said the city's biggest challenge going forward is managing growth. -
Both will be sworn in at the Columbia School Board meeting Monday.
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Kevin Farrell is the camerlengo, or acting head of the Vatican, until a new pope is elected. Here's what to know about Farrell, who was born in Ireland and spent much of his career in the U.S. -
The Oscar-winning film is about the papal selection process. But how accurate is it to real life? Rev. Thomas Reese and Sister Susan Rose Francois weigh in on whether it checks out.
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Property tax freeze for residents 62-plus likely to hit local education funding. -
Sophie Freeman is a queer woman who grew up in a “very small, rural, conservative town” in the Missouri Bootheel. She spoke about exploring her sexuality during the COVID-19 pandemic and unlearning harmful LGBTQ+ stereotypes. -
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is seeking nonprofit sponsors to help provide meals for children over the summer through its Summer Food Service Program.
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