That's a wrap!
Check out the final episode of KBIA's Views of the News. The show brought weekly roundtable discussions about the media since the 1990s. Current Hosts Amy Simons and regular panelists Kathy Kiely and Earnest Perry from the Missouri School of Journalism give one final roundtable discussion, this time talking World Press Freedom, Pulitzers, TikTok, and Kim Godwin's retirement.
Check out the final episode of KBIA's Views of the News. The show brought weekly roundtable discussions about the media since the 1990s. Current Hosts Amy Simons and regular panelists Kathy Kiely and Earnest Perry from the Missouri School of Journalism give one final roundtable discussion, this time talking World Press Freedom, Pulitzers, TikTok, and Kim Godwin's retirement.
Solar flares are causing a geomagnetic storm that should make it possible for Kansas City and other cities in the middle of the country to see the aurora borealis, which can usually only be glimpsed in northern latitudes. The best views are expected around midnight.
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The trend was already underway when the COVID-19 pandemic pushed rural and small-town nursing homes to close permanently. Yet, some communities are finding ways today to re-envision nursing homes while keeping staff at the forefront.
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Missouri could be the first test of a more aggressive strategy to keep abortion off the ballot and out of the state constitution.
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Missouri child abuse investigators missed warning signs of fentanyl use among parents before their young children died of accidental overdoses from the drug, according to a new state report. It found that Children's Division investigators, who are tasked with following up on claims of abuse and neglect, "lacked essential procedures, missed warning signs and left vulnerable children at risk." Jessica Seitz, executive director of the Missouri Network Against Child Abuse, joins the show. She also helped put the report together.
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Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office argues the three Republican lawmakers are protected by ‘legislative immunity’.
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Latino men's basketball has been a Westside tradition since the 1950s. An iconic basketball tournament that honors a former youth coach in the neighborhood, Tony Aguirre, has been paired with Cinco de Mayo weekend celebrations to raise money for local Latino sports.
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Drug overdoses have killed more than 23,000 Missourians in the last two decades. Many of those were involved fentanyl and other potent opioids.
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The 86-year-old Kyiv native, living in exile in Berlin, has a new album of symphonic works that explores the idea of reminiscence.
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A former law clerk who had a bad experience on the job is now trying to share information about judges to help others from suffering the same fate.
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The newest iPad ad depicts instruments, books and art supplies flattened into Apple's thinnest product ever. But anyone who owns and loves art in any form knows: The practicality isn't the point.
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Water is life. It gets us places. Connects us to each other. It holds history and tradition. It keeps all these things, and us, alive. History, and modern stories, show us this. For this episode, we explored these connections by documenting modern Indigenous relationships to the Missouri River and other sacred waters, caught a boat ride with historian and author Greg Olson, and observed a water blessing at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
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A roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom.
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Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill to once again try to kick Planned Parenthood out of the state’s Medicaid program. Parson signed the legislation Thursday in his Jefferson City Capitol office. According to Planned Parenthood, only Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas have successfully blocked Medicaid funding for the organization.
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"8,200 have been awarded since 1983 from 500 communities, 11 countries, 48 states. I mean, it's an amazing honor to be awarded the ATHENA." -- Karen Miller, past ATHENA honoree | Karen joins us alongside Jade Poe, director of the Women's Network, Columbia Chamber of Commerce May 9, 2024
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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Derek Bowens, the Elections Director in Durham County, North Carolina.They spoke about crafting narratives to help election administrators share and showcase the need for local investment in elections and about the importance of having election administrators that represent and reflect the voters they serve.
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The April At Sea Exhibit (4-5-2024 through 4-27-2024) features Maritime Prints & Paintings from 1803-Present
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