City of Columbia officials say Sunday’s storms destroyed the city’s Material Recovery Facility, and it may be days before they know what it’ll take to rebuild.
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Funding to the digital library catalog company Overdrive will be paused until it can prove that it has as safeguards barring children from accessing inappropriate content.
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The city hopes to hear feedback from residents about its budget priorities.
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The University of Missouri currently hosts 31 Fulbright students and four visiting Fulbright scholars.
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If the Missouri House passes the bill as is, the legislation then goes to Gov. Mike Kehoe’s desk.
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They’ve been studying to work at agencies including NOAA. Then those jobs got cut.
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The health secretary announced a push to eliminate petroleum-based colorants from the food supply. But he'll need to get food companies on board.
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Elon Musk says he'll cut back his work with the federal government to one to two days per week. He said demand for Teslas is still strong, despite protests and plunging sales.
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President Trump said Tuesday he had "no intention" of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, ending days of speculation about the independence of the central bank that had roiled the financial markets.
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Property tax freeze for residents 62-plus likely to hit local education funding.
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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.
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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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A U.S. House of Representatives budget resolution that’s currently being considered proposes more than a trillion dollars in funding cuts for Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - formerly known as food stamps. But a study released this week by the Commonwealth Fund shows that if passed, these cuts could trigger major job losses in Missouri and nationwide.
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Today's guest, Marybeth Bohn, lost her daughter, Christina, to suicide in 2021 because she had Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, or PMDD, a hormone-based mood disorder. Hear Christina's story on today's show. March 28, 2025
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Experts say a rise in gas prices this time of year is not out of the ordinary.
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