KBIA's special series ¿Dónde está mi gente? (Where are my people?) features Engagement Producer and reporter Kassidy Arena as she investigates where Hispanic and Latino people are throughout mid-Missouri and why the state has one of the lowest percentages of Hispanic and Latino people in the Midwest. ¿Dónde está mi gente? documents her journey in a six-part, narrative that highlights successes and gaps in demographics, business, community outreach, higher education and identity.
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Voters will decide in November whether recreational marijuana will be legal in Missouri.
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Cassandra Messer: "So I actually was the first one to get a pygmy goat. And I named her Tinkerbell."
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The 143-year-old document is written in a combination of German and English and contains a label design that is close to what’s on bottles and cans today. -
Missouri’s Medicaid program is now operating under a CMS-approved mitigation plan, which seeks to curb wait times that reached 115 days in late June — more than double what federal laws allow.
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The approval comes just under two weeks after historic flash flooding hit the St. Louis area.
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Climate experts say summer nights have gotten warmer. One study found the average minimum temperature in the United States has gotten warmer by 2.5 degrees over the last 50 years. For farmers, this means crops and livestock could suffer.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson formally requested federal assistance for people affected by devastating flash floods last week in St. Louis.
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Though the change was approved in late June, it will not take effect until July 2023. That gives court officials time to make sure the computer system can handle the traffic, and to reinforce the importance of redacting personal or sensitive information.
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Satellite images and social media analyzed by NPR show attacks have hit structures around the plant, coming dangerously close to causing a nuclear accident.
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Airlines blame a shortage of pilots for widespread cancellations and reduced service. Would allowing pilots to keep flying past age 65 and reducing the 1,500-hour flight training requirement help?
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The Justice Department says Shahram Poursafi tried to arrange the murder of John Bolton as part of an alleged plot to retaliate for the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general.
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Interesting and wide-ranging conversation with first-time guest CHRIS CONNER, PhD, MU Department of Sociology, about why people commit crimes, internet culture, the #QAnon movement and more! August 8, 2022
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Planned Parenthood quietly opened another abortion clinic in Kansas in the lead up to a decisive statewide vote in favor of protecting abortion access.
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If you're reluctant to return to the office and your place of business allows you to work from home, you may well decide to go ahead put the car keys down come Monday- but is your home office really ready for that kind of commitment? ITCOMO owner ROBERT RICKETTS is here with some advice for those looking to conduct future Zoom meetings in nothing but a pair of pajamas. August 5, 2022
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D. Ojeda is a Senior National Organizer for the National Center for Transgender Equality.They spoke about the close relationship that gender-affirming care and abortion have within the healthcare industry, and they explained how anti-transgender and anti-abortion rights legislation leave everyone, but especially transgender people – vulnerable within healthcare.
Santiago Olazábal — Indiferencia
Santiago Olazábal has mounted 43 solo exhibits and participated in more than 200 group and invitational exhibits and is featured in the Sager | Reeves May Exhibit
Santiago Olazábal has mounted 43 solo exhibits and participated in more than 200 group and invitational exhibits and is featured in the Sager | Reeves May Exhibit
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