High winds caused significant damage and thousands of power outages, which left several smaller towns picking up the pieces Tuesday.
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Robin Wenneker supervise farm program delivery, county committee operations, producer appeals and stakeholder relations
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Mayor Donald Clear signed an emergency proclamation at 2 p.m. Monday as crews work to repair damage across the city.
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Southbound U.S. 63 in Randolph County opens after a semitruck crash caused its closure Monday morning.
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A special program is bringing empty Kansas City storefronts back to life by placing entrepreneurs in prime downtown spaces to show off for an influx of international visitors. City leaders hope the program leads to long-term opportunities for small businesses and building owners.
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Democrats want enrollments paused and lawmakers to investigate, while Republicans say the state should fix the breach without disrupting the program
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Missouri schools will be required to outline prohibited antisemitic behavior in their codes of conduct.
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The Federal Communications Commission has ordered Disney's ABC to seek early broadcast license renewals for the eight TV stations it owns amid backlash over Jimmy Kimmel's joke about Melania Trump.
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The case revolves around a photo the former FBI director posted online last year of seashells on a beach arranged to say "8647."
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Musk's lawyers say OpenAI leaders "stole a charity" and Musk warns about the potential dangers of AI: "We don't want to have a Terminator outcome."
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Author and historian Greg Olson discovered the subject of his latest book, Jeffrey Deroine, while researching the Iowa Tribe of Native Americans. "What I really like about this story is...it changed a lot of the preconceptions I have about what it was like to be an enslaved person in Missouri and a free person of color in Missouri." April 22, 2026
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The language, which has made it to the Senate several years in a row, would give child care providers in Missouri tax breaks up to $200,000.
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The technology aims to help electricity system recover from and prevent power outages.
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Missouri lawmakers are considering right-to-repair bills that would give consumers more control to fix their machinery.
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Since 2016, MU's Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy has taught the history and contemporary relevance of American constitutional democracy to small, discussion-based classes. Director Jay Sexton says, "what a great time to be studying this really important and now fraught topic." April 21, 2026
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