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City of Columbia officials say Sunday’s storms destroyed the city’s Material Recovery Facility, and it may be days before they know what it’ll take to rebuild.
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Missourians approved Proposition A, which raised the minimum wage and mandated paid sick leave, with 57% of the vote. -
Both bills now proceed to the Senate. -
The University of Missouri declined to comment when asked if the president's rhetoric about "illegal protests" would shape how protestors are treated on campus. -
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cancelled two programs, affecting food programs across the country.
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The bill is made up of dozens of policy changes governing how utilities operate in Missouri. -
With lawmakers set to take next week off, they leave having already accomplished one major priority.
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The nationwide drugstore chain must pay the government at least $300 million and will owe another $50 million if the company is sold, merged, or transferred before 2032, according to the settlement. -
Harvard University announced Monday that it has filed suit to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration's demands to limit activism on campus. -
Khalil has been held in Louisiana since ICE agents arrested him in New York over his pro-Palestinian activism. He instead experienced the birth by phone.
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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. -
The University of Missouri said some students have had their visa records terminated. -
Many votes were cast even before the polls opened on municipal election day. Boone County clerk Brianna Lennon said thousands have cast absentee ballots ahead of election day.
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