The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services appears poised to cut a $56 million annual grant program that pays for some of Missouri's overdose reversal medication and training.
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The legislation now goes to the Missouri Senate, where similar bills have died in prior sessions.
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Consumer advocates are concerned about legislation that could raise prices for energy burdened Missourians.
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Several bills under consideration are aimed at helping individual veterans and the Missouri Veterans Commission receive funding from a variety of sources, as well as protecting compensation from so-called “claim sharks.”
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A bill that would allow public universities not in the University of Missouri system to grant certain graduate degrees made it to the Senate floor Tuesday.
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The head of the union representing Columbia Public Schools teachers says the addition of a school day following Memorial Day weekend won’t be academically beneficial.
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The toddler, a U.S. citizen, was apparently sent to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister, even as a federal judge tried to contact an attorney representing the government.
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A massive explosion and fire rocked a port in southern Iran possibly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant.
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Author Andrea L. Rogers and artist Rebecca Lee Kunz met by chance at the Cherokee National Holiday. Then they won the 2025 Caldecott Medal for their story about a helpful little boy named Chooch.
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