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Partners Sam Collins and Cricket Osborn met in Chicago and have been together for about three years. They spoke about the somewhat chaotic start to their relationship and their decision to choose love over fear.
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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. -
The entire staff of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services were put on leave Monday. The Institute is the largest funder of cultural institutions in the U.S. It gives money to the states to pass on to local communities in the form of grants. It most recently gave Missouri just over $3 million. -
Missouri homeowners can cut down the invasive Callery pear tree and receive a native tree in return.
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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. -
Yemen is an ancient birthplace of the coffee trade, and immigrants fleeing its civil war have brought their culture here in the form of cafes. Hundreds of Yemeni coffee shops have opened in the U.S. -
It was their first face-to-face meeting since they argued in front of cameras in the Oval Office in February — and comes as efforts intensify to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
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The Missouri House has live-streamed their floor proceedings for ten years, but the Senate still only offers audio. -
President Trump's executive order that pauses the TikTok ban expires in April. -
The Columbia School Board decided Feb. 28 will not be used to make up Wednesday's snow day. -
Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a motion to intervene in a case with antitrust implications. -
Boone Health will offer free skin cancer screenings Saturday, Feb. 22 at The Crossing church, as well as free A1C and blood pressure screenings at the ARC. -
Mid-Missouri’s chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America has partnered with the St. Louis and Kansas City chapters to help Midwesterners pay off their medical debts.
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