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The lawsuit alleges that Starbucks setting goals for the representation of people of color and women in its workforce and leadership amounts to illegal discrimination. -
One of the measures, Senate Bill 74, would bar cities and counties from imposing their own open carry firearm restrictions. -
The snow moving through Mid-Missouri has led most local schools to close or move to alternative methods of instruction, or AMI, for the day but it’s complicating calculations for when the school year might end. -
Farm groups are urging the Trump administration to rethink tariffs. -
MU has been involved in the Soybean Innovation Lab since 2013. -
The board also decided on a new math curriculum and shared that it will announce a new superintendent soon.
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More inventory hitting the market was expected to drive sales. Instead, existing home sales suggest a continued slump in the housing market, with mortgage rates hurting affordability. -
A federal judge has paused a key section of President Trump's executive order that makes sweeping changes to voting and elections. -
Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center got a hold of her this February, they worried for her survival.
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On today's show, we visit with Dr. David Crespy. David is directing a production of Xiomara Cornejo's "Romero" at the University of Missouri Department of Theater and Performance Studies. The play, which is based on the life of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero of El Salvador, includes the use of puppetry, projection and stilting to tell its story. April 18, 2025 -
Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services will scale back on several community health programs after losing $804,000 in federal grants. -
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A new research project at the University of Missouri is looking to make streets safer for everyone through lidar technology.
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