KBIA's newest podcast collaboration, River Town joins host Tina Casagrand Foss, the founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief of The New Territory magazine, on a magical Disneyland log ride down the Missouri River. Along the way, we’ll get to see how this mighty waterway shapes the people and places it flows through.
This project is a collaboration between KBIA, The Columbia Missourian, The Missouri News Network, Mississippi Basin Ag and Water Desk, The New Territory Magazine, and PRX.
This project is a collaboration between KBIA, The Columbia Missourian, The Missouri News Network, Mississippi Basin Ag and Water Desk, The New Territory Magazine, and PRX.
Jaime Basnett is the ALS research program manager at NextGen Precision Health. She spoke about challenges rural ALS patients can face seeking care and what NextGen is doing to help.
MISSOURI NEWS
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The rules announced Thursday are designed to reduce air and water pollution and prevent premature deaths in communities near fossil fuel-burning power plants.
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One poll shows a quarter of GOP respondents would vote to legalize abortion in Missouri while Republicans would still win the governorship.
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Basye said he had hoped to stay in the race despite the diagnosis but that he’s learning more about his illness and wants to concentrate on treatment.
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The Freedom Caucus has vowed to debate the budget in detail and attempt to cut hundreds of millions in spending.
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Because the House made changes to the legislation previously approved by the Senate, including adding language that was stripped off, it has to again get Senate approval.
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A federal rule will require long-term care facilities to have a minimum number of nursing staff on hand at all times to take care of residents.
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Idaho's biggest hospital system says the number of people needing flights out of Idaho for emergency abortions is up sharply since the state's abortion ban took effect.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken following his talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and top Chinese officials in Beijing.
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Trees communicate. They migrate. They protect. They heal. We climbed into the NPR archives to find some of our favorite arboreal fiction, nonfiction, and kids' lit — get ready to branch out.
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CNN journalist Laura Coates was interviewing a jury consultant outside former President Trump’s trial in Manhattan when a man set himself on fire. Coates reported, live, for more than two minutes on what she saw, heard and smelled. A master class in reporting or unnecessarily televising violence? Also, the death of former AP journalist and one-time hostage, Terry Anderson, and how Kansas teens fought their school district – and won. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.
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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Matthew Fitch. He’s the owner of Merriman River Group, a private election firm that works with organizations such as labor unions and, recently, the Missouri Democratic Party for the presidential preference primary.They spoke about how one manages a private election, including preparation for the ballot box, technology trends, and creating trust with voters.
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With a May 5 deadline to collect nearly 172,000 signatures, Missourians for Constitutional Freedom is relying on hundreds of volunteers — some who hold personal connections to the campaign.
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The Missouri General Assembly addresses the thousands of people who flee from law enforcement during an attempted arrest.
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