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Missouri Chamber Foundation receives grant to expand healthcare apprenticeship program
Daniel P. Mehan, President and CEO | Missouri Chamber of Commerce and IndustryDaniel P. Mehan, President and CEO | Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry The Missouri Chamber Foundation has received a $50,000 grant from the Missouri Department...
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Should Marion County house ICE detainees? Activists, Indy councilors push sheriff for change
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Indianapolis Star - Indiana
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Activists and at least two Indianapolis City-County Council members say they'll object to the sheriff's budget so long as he's housing ICE detainees ahead of an Oct. 6 final vote. While the sheriff said he's bound by state law to work with ICE,...
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Public education leaders guide task force studying Missouri school funding
Kari Monsees, the state education department's former finance chief, discusses the state's public education funding formula during the Missouri School Funding Modernization Task Force meeting Sept. 9 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent)....
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Former Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon urges Americans to ‘resist apathy with action’
Democracy is under strain, and the right question to ask is whether anyone cares enough to make a difference, former Gov. Jay Nixon told a crowd Wednesday afternoon at Westminster College in Fulton. “Do we care enough about the principles of our...
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The story of St. Louis coffee: culture, community and history
The fruity aroma of freshly brewed coffee fills the air as people stream in and out of Sump Coffee in south St. Louis. Baristas brew coffee behind a long bar where customers order lattes and quick shots of espresso. Others opt for pourover coffee...
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Missouri makes changes to child care that aim to improve affordability
Gov. Mike Kehoe and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Sept. 9 that child care licensing requirements will be streamlined across the state. Executive Order 25-15 will cut at least 10 percent of outdated or...
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Vigil honors late activist Charlie Kirk at Missouri Capitol
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KRCG - Missouri
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Wednesday night at the Missouri State Capitol was a candlelight vigil and prayer honoring the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The event brought a large crowd of around a thousand residents to the front lawn of the state's capitol....
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Columbia Board of Education discusses safe gun storage
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education met Thursday morning to discuss potentially implementing a public safety announcement on safe gun storage. In Thursday's meeting the board discussed the use of the Be SMART campaign in Columbia...
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Sen. Eric Schmitt wants Missouri’s Fort Leonard Wood to serve as ICE training site
by Mathew Pilger | Sep 18, 2025 Mo. U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt during an interview with Missourinet News Missouri U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt is urging federal officials to designate Fort Leonard Wood in southern Missouri as a training site for...
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Bipartisan Concern Over Loss of Educational TRIO Program for Low-Income Youth
By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org MANCHESTER – Gov. Kelly Ayotte said she will reach out to federal officials to express concern about a notice she received Tuesday of the non-continuation for the TRIO program, which helps 1,200 poor middle- and...
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Reactions to activist's killing sparks First Amendment debate, legal experts weigh in
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KRCG - Missouri
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Wednesday marked one week since the killing of political activist Charlie Kirk. Countless heated back and forth discussions followed, as many took to social media to express their views. Social media posts made in response to the killing stirred...
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Missouri 14-Year-Old Left Paralyzed After Spinal Football Injury
A fourteen-year-old boy based in Missouri has been left paralyzed after a horrific spinal football injury. So, when and how did this happen, and is there a chance he will be okay in the long run? Keep reading for more details on this tragic...
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Indigenous, immigrant legacy at the heart of flotilla between NW island communities
An unprecedented celebration of international friendship will take place this week as a spectacular flotilla of boats, potentially 100 vessels or more, journeys from Orcas Island to Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. The Orcas Island Yacht Club...
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WATCH: Vigil held for Charlie Kirk at Missouri Capitol
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A few hundred people have arrived at the Capitol steps in Jefferson City to honor political commentator Charlie Kirk. Kirk was shot and killed last week during a speaking event at a Utah college. Events honoring the...
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Missouri Educators See Phone Ban as Positive, but Students Are Mixed
(TNS) — It’s lunch time at Kirkwood High School, and students are filtering out of the building. Two boys make their way to a soccer field and toss a Frisbee. A small group of friends sit in the grass outside the auditorium. A picnic table near...
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Missouri redistricting sparks fears of disenfranchisement among Black and minority voters
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KHQA 7 - Missouri
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Rev. Emanuel Cleaver III wants a second Civil Rights Movement in response to President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans who are redrawing congressional district boundaries to increase their power in Washington....
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Missouri’s Josh Hawley commends FBI Director at US Senate hearing on Charlie Kirk investigation
The status of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is being examines by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. So far, it’s featured both praise from Republicans and harsh critiques from Democrats on the job performance of FBI Director Kash Patel....
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Immanuel Lutheran Church celebrates 50 years
On September 7, 1975, the first service of the Rowan Lutheran Mission was held in the basement of the Rowan school, and continued to gather there to hear God’s word for several months. Pastor Mervyn Bauer of Latimer started this Rowan Lutheran...
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97% of Missouri to be considered child care desert, City Manager talks Nodaway County statistics
Nodaway County is one lost program away from being considered a child care desert. Within Missouri, 97% of its counties have been deemed under-the-threshold of the necessary amount of available child care programs. Nodaway County Economic...
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How Missouri’s jobs outlook fared in August
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - The Missouri Economic Research and Information Center compiled the data for August. Missouri nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 5,900 jobs in August, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate...
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