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As local leaders are considering an expansion to the Boone County Jail, the Columbia No New Jail Coalition is pushing back.
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The Associated Industries of Missouri sees a danger in the state maintaining its budget obligations while transitioning to an expanded sales tax. -
A city team focused on improving U.S. Highway 71 has proposed moving the roadway below ground level, creating narrower lanes and building overpasses to connect neighborhoods east to west. The highway's construction tore through majority-Black neighborhoods in east Kansas City decades ago. -
Two of the five city councilmembers who supported major tax breaks for an AI data center were on the ballot Tuesday. Both were ousted in their respective elections by a large margin. -
The Improve I-70 project will expand 200 miles of the interstate, and cost $2.8 billion. -
The Senate amendment would make utilities finish building nuclear power plants before charging customers. -
This final passage came after the Senate expanded the protections from just antisemitism to include all hate speech and discrimination.
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The order comes as the Trump administration challenges a lower court ruling that the estimated $300-million project requires congressional approval. -
The proposed 250-feet-tall, white-and-gilded monument would stand on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., by the Potomac River. -
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has long been accused of corruption. Sightseers now flock to his hometown as groups aim to raise awareness of what they say are the leader's excesses.
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Boone County spends $2.5 million a year on housing inmates in other counties because its own jail is overcrowded. -
A bill condemning antisemitic and other hate speech was sent to governor's desk, while others are headed to the Senate. -
The bill hits on a topic which has led to more than 200,000 lawsuits against fertilizer companies.
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Several Missouri counties voted for additional taxes in April's election to raise money for aging public safety infrastructure. -
The new app phases out one which the city has only used for about 16 months. -
If you liked last year's 'Caftan Crawl' in downtown Columbia, it's back but with a twist! On today's show, Nickie Davis, executive director of The District, tells us it's now called 'Mrs. Roper's Romp', inspired by the character of Mrs. Roper from 'Three's Company'. Just watch the segment... April 10, 2026
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