Co-hosts Brianna Lennon, county clerk in Boone County, Missouri and Eric Fey, director of elections in St. Louis County, Missouri, talk to subject-matter elections experts and local election administrators to ask the questions that are most meaningful to their work and talk with colleagues about how to best approach issues like voter education, cybersecurity, and integrity.
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Tonya Ellis spoke with the Missouri on Mic team at the Daniel Boone Regional Library in February. Tonya’s an educator and coordinator for library services for the Jefferson City School District and said that reading has had a major influence on her life.She spoke about the importance of access to information and her worries about the latest round of attempts to ban books in schools.
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Women who enter prison while pregnant in Missouri now could gain the ability to keep their baby with them for 18 months.
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After passing only 43 bills this year, the Missouri legislature adjourned the session.
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The new map passed by the House likely would keep Missouri’s current congressional delegation of six Republicans and two Democrats. It now goes to the Missouri Senate with only four days left in the legislative session.
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Two initiatives proposing amendments to the Missouri Constitution were submitted Sunday. If each has sufficient signatures, they will likely be on the Nov. 8 ballot.
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Abortion-rights activists say their best hope to roll back a ban if Roe v. Wade is overturned could be at the federal level.
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Households in the U.S. will receive eight test kits via the U.S. Postal Service. The release comes as cases have risen over 60% in the U.S. over the past two weeks.
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At issue was a federal law that has been on the books for 20 years that barred federal candidates from raising more than $250,000 to repay loans made to their campaigns.
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Jurors in Johnny Depp's libel trial against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, saw photos of her with red marks and swelling on her face after their final fight before their divorce.
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Here's a roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom for the afternoon of May 11, 2022.
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Two Black female officers allege in separate lawsuits that they faced sexual and racial discrimination while working for the Kansas City police department.
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Folk singer DAVE PARA may be in New Mexico right now, but he'll be back in central Missouri in time for this weekend's 30th Big Muddy Folk Festival at Thespian Hall in Boonville. Tickets are still available! Also, Missouri Symphony executive director TRENT RASH joins us with details on this year's Hot Summer Nights concert extravaganza! Things kick off with the return of the maestro himself, Kirk Trevor, conducting 'Symphony in Motion' on June 15th. (4:25) May 11, 2022
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Missouri has renewed a call for a national convention to add congressional term limits to the U.S. Constitution.
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Sharon Harper holds an MFA in Painting from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is featured in the Sager | Reeves February Exhibit
Sharon Harper holds an MFA in Painting from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is featured in the Sager | Reeves February Exhibit
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