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A recently-released report from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services that analyzed the digital health of the state’s public health system says the state’s public health system needs to be more centralized - and public health agencies across the state say they agree.
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The Senate is expected to approve the bill on Monday. Because the Senate made changes to the House bill, it would go back to that chamber for another vote. -
The bill would ban marriage for anyone under 18 . Currently, minors as young as 16 can marry with parental consent. -
Documentary filmmaker Cara Anthony's work on the health impact of racial violence, historically and today, led her to her own family history. -
The MU Health Care emergency department has seen over 60 patients with norovirus-like symptoms as of Wednesday. -
King Taylor previously served as the interim vice chancellor for student affairs. -
A nesting pair of the protected birds have made their home in the Kansas City suburb. Blue Springs and the state conservation department have set up Missouri's only live feed for viewers to follow their journey to bird parenthood.
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NPR asks Sen. Jack Reed, top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, why he wants an investigation into whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared classified intelligence in a Signal chat. -
Experts are divided whether a new missile defense system for the U.S., inspired by Israel's Iron Dome, would be worth the cost. -
Didion's book is an intimate chronicle of the author's struggle to help her daughter, even if it meant digging into her own long-unexamined neuroses.
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Incumbent Barbara Buffaloe held on to her seat Tuesday night. -
Foster, who fended off a challenge from Ron Graves, said the city's biggest challenge going forward is managing growth. -
Both will be sworn in at the Columbia School Board meeting Monday. -
The two measures that did not pass were in Gravois Mills and Hallsville. -
Many smaller Missouri cities elected new mayors Tuesday night. -
Instead of circles to fill in or chads to punch out, voters in towns such as Hallsville and Hartsburg were faced with blank lines.
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