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Dozens gathered at the Capitol in favor of the idea, but others say removing the income tax could hurt Missourians.
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Budweiser's new star for this year's Super Bowl commercial is a pint-sized wonder from Cooper County.
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911 calls are currently being routed to the Jefferson City Police Department.
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The city was directed to pay more than $16,000 in fines due to spills from the pipe.
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Missouri Republicans have made multiple attempts in recent years to raise the approval percentage a proposed constitutional amendment needs in order to pass.
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‘This program is going to give women the building blocks to live a better life, and then that is going to overflow into their children, and then their children’s children,” said one caregiver in the prison nursery.
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Pope Francis was honored with a funeral Mass Saturday morning in the Vatican City's St. Peter's Square. These are some of the images that captured the grief of those mourning him around the world.
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Meet Bridgette and Paula Powers, identical twins who speak in synch and dedicate themselves to animal conservation.
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There's still a lot of need in Baltimore's Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood, where Freddie Gray lived. People from the neighborhood work to meet it.
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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 first confirmed case of measles within the state of Missouri in 2025 was announced today. The case was diagnosed in a child visiting Taney County in southern Missouri who had recently traveled abroad.
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A bill that would limit abortion access in Missouri was sent to the state Senate on Thursday.
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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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On March 4, UM System President Mun Choi signed an executive order outlining a process for faculty if they encounter ICE presence on campus.
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