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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 majority were revoked for failing to show the licenses would be majority owned and operated by eligible individuals. -
Missouri is one of 25 states considering a legalization of physician-assisted death. -
About $378 million of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding remains to be distributed, and experts worry that low-income customers won't be able to pay for cooling. -
The department announced that some of the project funds in the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program could be renewed under a new program, called the Advancing Markets for Producers initiative. -
Deandra Buchanan, an inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center is serving a first degree murder sentence for killing his girlfriend and two others in 2000. -
MoDOT shared on social media Sunday morning that the road was reopened.
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Taking the drug made one writer feel so sick she quit and focused on healthy habits instead of her body size. Turns out, 65% of people using GLP-1 drugs for weight loss quit within a year. -
GOP strategist Alex Conant breaks down the political impact of challenges to Trump's top policies — tariffs and immigration — and how the administration is performing on these fronts. -
President Trump called on Russia and Ukraine to hold high-level negotiations to end the war, saying that talks toward a deal have gone well.
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Missouri’s first prison nursery program welcomed its first baby. -
Missouri lawmakers are engaged in a high-stakes tax debate, with Republicans proposing income tax cuts reminiscent of Kansas’ failed experiment. -
It is not lost on us that today is St. Patrick's Day. Let's just leave it at that. Cheers, Mindy McCubbin! March 17, 2025 -
The startup uses typically discarded meat by-product to create a protein product. -
Even something as small as a cigarette butt could cause a fire in these weather conditions. -
In-clinic abortion care has returned to Columbia after a long hiatus. KBIA’s Rebecca Smith takes us behind the scenes – on a tour of the local Planned Parenthood health clinic.
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