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Yi Gao/The Columbia MissourianMissouri currently has 29 abandoned landfills, which lack someone legally liable to clean them up. -
Addison Zanger/KBIAThe program, funded by the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation, gave grants to 10 local projects. This year, several are in neighborhoods outside of the city center.
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The fiscal note for the proposed income tax resolution indicates billions of lost revenue if sales taxes are not raised. -
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UM System President discusses multicultural student group funding cuts. -
Additionally, the Thompson Center will host its grand opening and MU will expand its Springfield clinical campus. -
As local leaders are considering an expansion to the Boone County Jail, the Columbia No New Jail Coalition is pushing back. -
ASUM will lose $30,000 in funding by 2027, threatening opportunities for lobbying and internships across all UM System campuses. -
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.
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