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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Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens was leading in most public opinion polls throughout the U.S. Senate contest. But his fortunes took a nosedive after third-party groups funded a flurry of negative advertisements highlighting abuse allegations from his ex-wife. -
The nurse and beer heiress held off Lucas Kunce, who was in the race longer and raised more money.
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Missouri’s average starting teacher salary ranks as one of the lowest in the nation. Educators recounted that new and veteran teachers often have to find second jobs to make ends meet.
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Bob Nolte wins Democratic primary for recorder of deeds.
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Adrian Plank beat Chimene Schwach by just 48 votes in Tuesday night’s primary election for the Democratic nomination for House District 47.
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Connie Leipard was declared the winner of the primary election for Boone County presiding commissioner on Tuesday night, defeating James Pounds and winning the Republican nomination.
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Each county's plan must include input from law enforcement, mental health and school professionals.
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Businesses were closed and people skipped prayer services after the shooting deaths of four Muslim men, three of them in the past two weeks. Now, the fear has given way to confusion over a motive.
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Vanessa Bryant's invasion of privacy lawsuit says a deputy showed photos of her husband's remains to bar patrons and a firefighter showed them to off-duty colleagues.
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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.
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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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