Janet Saidi

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Akin on Mo. Senate bid: "This is not about my ego"
• Federal rule to reduce air pollution overturned
• Environmental organizations call for protection of Ozark Rivers

Embattled Rep. Todd Akin this morning says he's in the U.S. Senate race to stay. In a nationally broadcast interview Akin has said "this is not about my ego" but about the voters of Missouri who chose him as their nominee.

The University of Missouri Health system has received $13.3 million in federal grant funding for a program that will combine high-tech and on-site primary-care initiatives in healthcare, according to a statement released by the university today.

The so-called LIGHT program is designed to create a specialized workforce in primary care as well as designing enhanced medical records to help patients and healthcare providers better manage care.

The technology component of the program involves a partnership between the Kansas City-based Cerner Corporation and MU.

A group of MU faculty and colleagues concerned about the University of Missouri’s decision to close the University of Missouri Press have outlined a a set of goals that they’d like to see regarding the Press going forward, and loosely agreed to attempt to create a resolution regarding the Press through MU’s faculty council. Organizers of the meeting also say they have a list of violations they believe UM administrators have committed in its dealings with the Press and its staff.

The City of Columbia has been highlighted as a “city to watch” by a nonprofit group based in several northwestern states.

On this week's edition of "Off the Clock," we hear a third portrait from the “My Life, My Town” series that documents the stories of teens in rural Missouri. Today  we visit Trinity Rainey in Macon.

KBIA and the Columbia Missourian have been working with rural teens all over Missouri to get their stories about … being a teen, in rural Missouri. Called “My Life My Town,” the project worked with teens to create multimedia portraits about their lives. Over the last few weeks, we’ve heard the audio versions of these portraits on “Off the Clock."

On this edition of Off the Clock, we visit Monica Martinez, a teen whose Latin American family is putting down roots in Mexico, Missouri.

KBIA and the Columbia Missourian have been working with rural teens all over Missouri to get their stories about … being a teen, in rural Missouri. Called “My Life My Town,” the project worked with teens to create multimedia portraits about their lives – some of the teens where a pink triangle, some of them camouflage or a tiara. Over the next few weeks, we’ll hear the audio versions of these portraits on “Off the Clock."

Regional news from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• City planners seek feedback on adding more Tax Increment Financing districts
• Governor Jay Nixon signs law offering tax breaks for some small businesses
• Burn bans underway in central Missouri fire districts
  

Columbia officials are seeking feedback from the public on TIFs – or Tax Increment Financing, and its impact on the city. 

Regional news from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Jefferson City may divide high schools into academies
• Nixon says individual insurance mandate is not good for Missouri
• Rural provisions of health care law could be affected by court ruling