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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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Numerous clinical studies nationwide have shown positive results from using psilocybin to treat PTSD, depression and substance use -
Daniel Larios discusses his non-fiction film Piñata Prayers, which will air at the True/False Film Festival this week. -
In a rare split vote, Springfield City Council voted 5 to 3 to enact a new ordinance that gives city police the option to tow vehicles that are out of compliance with their registration tags and license plates.
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The two House bills were sponsored by a Democrat and a Republican. -
Officials at Planned Parenthood Great Rivers are awaiting approval of what’s known as a complication plan before offering medication abortions again. -
Secretary of State Denny Hoskins rejected speeding up the process to begin sports betting.
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NPR asks Sen. Jack Reed, top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, why he wants an investigation into whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared classified intelligence in a Signal chat. -
Experts are divided whether a new missile defense system for the U.S., inspired by Israel's Iron Dome, would be worth the cost. -
Didion's book is an intimate chronicle of the author's struggle to help her daughter, even if it meant digging into her own long-unexamined neuroses.
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Filmmaker Chris Schwedtmann is working with Second Baptist Church and Love Columbia, a local non-profit, to produce a documentary about eight foundational African American churches in the Columbia/Boone County area. (Two of these churches started before the end of the Civil War!) Chris says he's in need of more funding and resources in order to complete the project. April 21, 2025 -
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Sarah Mosteller is a lesbian in her early 20s, and spoke about her desire for more safe, queer – and especially sapphic spaces – in mid-Missouri. -
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The Moving Missouri Forward Summit wrapped up today after three days at the Broadway Hotel in Columbia.
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