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It's the second time in a week that Missouri's Attorney General has announced an inquiry into an entity that has sparred with the UM System President.
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Missouri legislators passed a law in 2022 making it a crime for school employees to provide students with what was defined as explicit sexual material. Last year, a judge ruled the law unconstitutional. -
Oral arguments are set to be heard Wednesday morning in the case of a University of Missouri student group that was excluded from marching in Mizzou Homecoming parades. -
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is demanding that Reign Hospitality, LLC, the operator of Reign Bar in downtown Columbia, address what she described as "persistent nuisance conditions and violence radiating from the establishment." -
On the same day absentee voting opened in Missouri, Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon, a Democrat, advised people not to vote just yet, unless they have to. -
Ferguson city council OKs tax breaks for development and data center that would use Emerson campus. -
Boone County was already in compliance with standards the Supreme Court blocked last week, County Clerk Brianna Lennon says.
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Building dams and hydropower plants in the Himalayas holds great promise for providing electricity. In the wake of the Nepal disaster, experts are asking about the risks of such construction. -
Deals, threats and oil are all on the table as the president's foreign policy takes center stage. -
The company Grail says its Galleri blood test can detect up to 50 forms of cancer. An independent panel of experts weighed the evidence and decided to cautiously recommend it for FDA approval.
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Lauren Maupins, alumni engagement coordinator at Lincoln University, stops by to celebrate a massive milestone -- the school's 160th anniversary and 101st homecoming. From a week packed with career panels and a birthday bash to the Divine Nine Greek Serenade and a parade through Jefferson City, Lauren breaks down everything you need to know to join in on the historic celebration! September 21, 2026 -
Google and Amazon are both building data centers that cover a total of 1,900 acres on opposite sides of I-70 in the county. -
Some pharmacies have begun promoting vaccination far ahead of flu season, despite the advice of local and national health professionals. -
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Casandra Hockenberry worked at the Council of State Governments’ Center for Innovation, but is now serving as the Program and Policy Director for Advance Elections, a nonpartisan, elections-focused consulting firm.
Casandra spoke about how election administrators can more effectively help overseas and military voters cast their absentee ballots, as well as the importance of consequence planning alongside emergency managers.
Casandra spoke about how election administrators can more effectively help overseas and military voters cast their absentee ballots, as well as the importance of consequence planning alongside emergency managers.
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