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City officials say the goal is to connect those experiencing homelessness with resources, like housing. The plan would create an Encampment Task Force that includes police and representatives from the city's health, human services, streets and emergency departments.
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The false accusations stem from the Missouri Republican senator's confusion about a basketball game.
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SERVE Inc. in Fulton will be consolidating its food pantry, thrift store, and transportation department in a new building next week.
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The lawsuit contends that the state failed to match federal money going to certain historically Black colleges and universities.
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The Springfield based St. Louis Cardinals affiliate is hoping to forge a more unique identity.
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Lincoln University students and alumni spoke on a federal lawsuit they filed against Missouri at the Capitol Rotunda at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
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Ali plays a devout Muslim family man, who also happens to be an assassin in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. After decades in the business and two Oscars, he says he has less fear as an actor.
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Two Americans have won the Nobel Prize in economics for their work on how to smooth boom-and-bust cycles to limit unemployment and inflation.
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Trump said he had brokered a cease-fire to protect energy infrastructure in Russia and Ukraine. But Ukrainian officials say bombs kept falling overnight on gas facilities, wounding 33 people.
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For the first half of 2026, the hospital’s earnings were sitting at negative $5.2 million, according board documents.
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Artist Craig Colorusso's outdoor sound installation “Sun Boxes” created an experience of sound and place on MU’s campus.
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Columbia residents are helping determine not only what could replace the Shops at Sharp End, but how the city will choose the next tenant for the downtown space.
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Gabriella Cázares-Kelly is the Recorder in Pima County, Arizona. This her second appearance on the podcast — her first being five years ago in Season 1.
Gabriella spoke about how things have changed, what she has learned in her five plus years in the position, and about what’s making her hopeful about the future of American elections.
Gabriella spoke about how things have changed, what she has learned in her five plus years in the position, and about what’s making her hopeful about the future of American elections.
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