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CRAPO, RISCH INTRODUCE BILL TO BAN RADICAL GENDER IDEOLOGY IN SCHOOLS
KBOI - Idaho
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July 10, 2025
CRAPO, RISCH INTRODUCE BILL TO BAN RADICAL GENDER IDEOLOGY IN SCHOOLS Washington, D.C.–U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) to introduce the Say No to Indoctrination Act to codify President Trump’s executive...
BRTC awarded $300,000 for workforce education program
KAIT 8 - Arkansas
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July 11, 2025
CLARKESDALE, Miss. (KAIT/Edited News Release) – The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) recently awarded approximately $7 million toward 25 workforce development projects supporting economic development and prosperity throughout the lower Mississippi...
Missouri advocates praise long-sought revival of radiation compensation program
St. Louis Public Radio - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
For Karen Nickel, reviving and expanding the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was bittersweet. Nickel and Dawn Chapman were part of Just Moms STL, a group that’s been raising awareness and seeking restitution for Manhattan Project-era nuclear...
Missouri groups scrambling after Trump freezes school funding
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri school districts and after-school organizations are scrambling to find a path forward after the Trump administration froze $6 billion in federal funding for programs affecting low-income children. Darlene Sowell,...
Schuyler R-1 partners with Missouri Farmers Care’s Agriculture Education on the Move
Kirksville Daily Express - Missouri
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Missouri Farmers Care’s Agriculture Education on the Move Schuyler R-1 elementary students have enjoyed hands-on lessons about agriculture during enrichment programming this summer. The school partnered with Missouri Farmers Care’s Agriculture...
Senator Eric Schmitt criticizes USAID spending and urges passage of rescissions package
Columbia News - Missouri
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July 14, 2025
Senator Eric Schmitt | U.S. Senator Eric SchmittSenator Eric Schmitt | U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt Senator Eric Schmitt has recently shared a series of posts on social media expressing his views on the direction and priorities of U.S. foreign aid...
Chapel of the Risen Christ to open at Resurrection Cemetery
St.Louis Review - Missouri
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Catholic Cemeteries has completed construction on the new Chapel of the Risen Christ at Resurrection Cemetery. The 8,600 square-foot chapel will be available for funeral and special occasion Masses, prayer services and other programs and as a...
Missouri girl, 13, beat bone cancer...then weeks later, a freak accident struck
Daily Mail
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July 8, 2025
A 13-year-old Missouri girl, who had just beaten bone cancer, was tragically killed after a freak fireworks incident set her home ablaze. Jerilynn Brown had beaten bone cancer just weeks before the horrific fire that claimed her young life in the...
LGBTQ+ groups face alarming funding crisis as Republican anti-trans attacks mount, new report finds
The Advocate
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July 8, 2025
Philanthropic support for LGBTQ+ causes is collapsing just as queer and trans communities face an escalating national crisis. New data from Funders for LGBTQ Issues shows foundation funding for LGBTQ+ organizations in the U.S. dropped sharply to...
Immigration crackdown hurts small businesses in Kansas dependent on migrant customers
NPR
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July 8, 2025
Mom-and-pop stores in Kansas City catering to recent immigrants are facing a sharp downturn, with sales falling since Trump took office. Owners say customers are scared and holding onto their cash. Sponsor Message MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: President...
Sophie Cunningham Net Worth 2025: WNBA, Missouri Roots, and Rising Sports Star
OtakuKart
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July 10, 2025
Sophie Cunningham has transformed from a small-town Missouri basketball prodigy into one of the WNBA’s most recognizable faces, building an impressive financial portfolio along the way. Born and raised in Columbia, Missouri, this 28-year-old guard...
Crapo and Risch introduce bill targeting gender ideology in schools
North Idaho Times
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July 10, 2025
Senator Mike Crapo | Official U.S. Senate headshotSenator Mike Crapo | Official U.S. Senate headshot U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, both Republicans from Idaho, have introduced the Say No to Indoctrination Act. This legislation aims to...
Missouri’s parole system is due for a makeover. But this group is working on fixing it
KCUR - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
Missouri's parole system governs the lives of some 52,000 people, more than twice the number held in the state's prisons. But its rules haven't been updated since 2017, and those who work inside the parole system say its processes are often...
Church Directory for the Week of July 9-17, 2025
Pipestone County Star - Minnesota
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July 8, 2025
Ruthton Country Church, Full Gospel-Non-denominational church; Pastor Frank Vanderbush, 507-658-3917. Sundays: 10 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship service. Bible Studies Sundays at 9 a.m. Find us at countrychurch.co on Facebook and Youtube @ Country...
80 Missouri local education agencies to participate in $49 million literacy grant
KOMU 8 - Missouri
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The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education said Thursday that it selected 80 early learning programs and public schools to receive funding and professional services through the U.S. Department of Education’s Comprehensive...
Community Action Partnership of Northeast Missouri partners with Child Care Aware of Missouri
Kirksville Daily Express - Missouri
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Child Care Aware of Missouri ST LOUIS — Child Care Aware of Missouri (CCAMO) named four regional community partners, including Community Action Partnership of Northeast Missouri (Adair County) to help deliver comprehensive in-person and virtual...
Missouri’s parole system is due for a makeover. Meet the group working on it
St. Louis Public Radio - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
Missouri's parole system governs the lives of some 52,000 people, more than twice the number held in the state’s prisons. But its rules haven’t been updated since 2017, and those who work inside the parole system say its processes are often...
Missouri activists step up to comfort ICE detainees
KCUR - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
President Trump's mass deportation efforts have led to the arrests of tens of thousands of immigrants, some of whom end up at the Phelps County Jail in Rolla, Missouri. Now some local activists are trying to provide comfort and assistance to...
Missouri 4-H State Livestock Judging Contest winners 2025
Farm Talk - Kansas
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Youths judge a class of Hereford cattle at the 2025 State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest. University of Missouri Extension recently hosted the 2025 State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest on at the Trowbridge Livestock Center in Columbia. The event...
Missouri State Fire Marshal Warns of Spike in Fireworks-Related Deaths, Injuries
Mix 92.3 - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
Everyone, this year's 4th of July celebrations are showing some consequences in a very real way. It's become a big enough deal that we have to talk about it. Consumer Product Safety Commission Demonstrates Dangers Of Fireworks Ahead Of July 4th...