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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 bill has been controversial during the legislative session due to its large decrease to state funds. -
Missouri ranks 43rd in the country on the Commonwealth Fund Women’s Health and Reproductive Care Outcomes ranking. One bill aims to aid in raising the state’s score. -
Voters gathered at the Respect MO Voters Coalition Policy Summit to discuss an initiative to ban politician interference in the initiative and referendum process. -
The SAVE Act could force eligible voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register and vote. But the lack of resources, potential to disenfranchise applicants and criminal penalties worry some county clerks in Missouri. -
The rescue team deployed 48 people to southeastern Missouri Thursday. -
An entire staff was laid off at a $4.1 billion program that provides financial assistance for households with low income.
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Columbus Day is still a federal holiday — though some no longer want to celebrate the Italian explorer, and many jurisdictions also mark Indigenous Peoples Day. -
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez said a nationwide blackout of this scale had never happened before in Spain. He added that the underlying cause remains unclear. -
As questions swirl around the fate of the secretary of defense, former colleagues paint a troubling picture of Hegseth's Pentagon.
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Room at the Inn, which welcomes about 100 guests per night, provides resources for unhoused people in Columbia. -
Behind the scenes, Columbia's boards and commissions provide the city council with information to make decisions about issues such as staffing, discrimination and affordable housing. -
St. Louis non-profit organizations search for tangible ways to combat gentrification and anti-displacement. -
Michael Pagano and Derek Laney are part of Invest STL’s Rooted: Cultivating Black Wealth in Place project in St. Louis, which seeks to empower Black homeowners in the West End and Visitation Park neighborhoods with financial assistance that can combat displacement.
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The firings are part of a sweeping, nationwide effort to remove probationary workers from the federal government. -
Some of president Trump's executive orders target what he calls gender ideology. KBIA's Alex Cox has sat down with Marcia McCormick, a professor of law and women and gender studies at Saint Louis University, to talk about how these policies affect universities, specifically Title IX offices.
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