KBIA’s news series The Next Harvest: Seeking Solid Ground features reporting that explores the future of farmland: who has it, who needs it, and how to care for it to grow our food and fuel our rural communities.
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The Protect College Sports Act is touted as a fix for a number of ills plaguing college athletics in an age of skyrocketing costs at the Division I level. But there are many more Division II and Division III schools that would also be impacted.
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New SNAP qualification requirements will go into effect in Missouri on Oct. 1 for new applications, recertification requests and adding a person. -
While the Missouri senator is trying to defend himself as someone who is just asking relevant questions, his critics contend the viral moment is another example of Republicans engaging in performative politics to gain the favor of President Donald Trump. -
Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, of Missouri, introduced the Stop Flock Abuse Act, calling the automated license plate reader system "a nightmare for individual liberties." -
Moberly's Stamper Grain Towers are being demolished after decades of standing and honoring the city's agricultural history. -
Secretary of State Denny Hoskins has sent letters to about 1,000 registered voters notifying them that they’ve been flagged as potentially being noncitizens -
City of Columbia Utilities will begin increasing utility usage fees on Oct. 1, but green power advocates say the city need not buy as much power as it does.
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A judicial spokesperson confirmed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had filed a claim with the High Court in London and a hearing would take place Thursday. -
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country's housing crisis. -
Republicans and Democrats, both patients and politicians, seem united in their disdain for the healthcare companies known as pharmacy benefit managers. Tennessee and Arkansas are regulating them now.
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Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey sit down to discuss the “kerfuffle” that has been the mid-decade redistricting process in Missouri. This process began last September — and even though the Missouri August primary is completed and absentee ballots for the November general election have already begun to go out — uncertainty still remains about which congressional maps Missouri local election administrators will use.
Note: At the time that this episode is being produced — 7:00 p.m. on September 23, 2026 — the decision on Missouri’s congressional map is once again in the hands of the United State Supreme Court. To all of our listeners in Missouri, please check with your local election office for more information on your ballot.
Note: At the time that this episode is being produced — 7:00 p.m. on September 23, 2026 — the decision on Missouri’s congressional map is once again in the hands of the United State Supreme Court. To all of our listeners in Missouri, please check with your local election office for more information on your ballot.
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