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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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Pilot Grove Mayor Dennis Knipp confirmed outdoor warning sirens did not sound in Pilot Grove, despite being triggered by the Cooper County Emergency Management Agency. -
A tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service for northern parts of Boone County at 10:36 a.m. The warning included Centralia and Hallsville. -
The largest point of consternation between Democrats and Republicans on this year’s budget is education funding. -
Planned Parenthood has asked a judge to overturn the Missouri health department’s newly published emergency rule governing complication plans for medication abortions. -
A day before the new budget period for Title X, a federal reproductive healthcare grant, Missouri’s sole grantee received notice from the federal government that the state’s cash would be withheld. -
The Missouri House spent the day Tuesday in deep debate over how they believe around $50 billion should be split across the state. Senators spent most of their session Tuesday in debate over a bill eliminating the capitol gains tax.
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Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a "trailblazer" who fought for the rights of women, Black people and American workers over the course of decades. -
He had to wait until the fifth round, but Shedeur Sanders, son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders — his coach at the University of Colorado — has finally been drafted by the NFL. -
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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