Briana Heaney
Briana Heaney is a senior at the University of Missouri’s journalism school studying cross-platform editing and producing and minoring in economics.
She moved to Columbia from Saint Louis and was raised in Charleston South Carolina. When she is not reporting she enjoys travling to white water rafting around the country and hanging with her border collie Bandit."
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The Missouri House has passed the “Save Adolescents From Experimentation,” or SAFE bill, which bans gender-affirming care for anyone under the age of 18.With two days left in the legislative session, the House voted to pass the bill 108 to 50.It has been a tumultuous few months, and there are still uncertainties about the status of gender-affirming care for trans Missourians. -
Right now, there’s a lot of uncertainty around gender-affirming care in Missouri. There are pending bans from the Attorney General’s office and bills being considered in both the Missouri House and SenateEven the governor has made it a top priority – threatening a special session if the bills are not passed by the end of this year's legislative session – Friday, May 12 at 6:00 p.m.KBIA’s Briana Heaney sat down with Ryan Fisher from PROMO, an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization about how this is impacting trans Missourians. -
While unemployment is at a near historic low, many businesses are still struggling to find workers – as many otherwise eligible workers in Missouri are out with short or long-term complications of long COVID. -
Newly released research from MU Extension looks at the economic impact of the condition on both workers and businesses.
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Trudy Busch Valentine is the democratic candidate for U.S Senate. She's running against the current Missouri State Auditor Eric Schmitt. -
Dustin Stanton is the current Boone County Treasurer running against Democrat Jenna Redel.
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Doug Mann is running for state representative in Missouri's 50th district against James Musgraves.
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Bob Nolte is running against Shamon Jones for Boone County Recorder of Deeds.
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Shamon Jones is running against Bob Nolte for Boone County Recorder of Deeds. -
David Tyson Smith is the current state representative for District 45 and is running unopposed for state representative of the newly drawn District 46.
