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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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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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Some opponents worry the bill restricts free speech and could be used to silence criticism of Israel. -
The bill also would lower the minimum age to acquire a concealed carry permit from 19 to 18.
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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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