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                        Incumbent State Senator Kurt Schaefer met rounds of applause from family and supporters for his victory over challenger Mary Still at his watch party in…
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                        KBIA’s Ryan Famuliner interviewed State Representative Mary Still, who is running for the 19th District State Senate seat against incumbent Republican…
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                        Candidates vying for office faced off at a State and Local Candidates Forum in Columbia last night. The candidates sat at a table and debated issues such…
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                        Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:More Akin abortion remarks stir criticismSweetener company CEO headed back to MissouriSchaefer,…
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                        Higher education funding and the state budget were the dominant topics in the most recent state senate debate between incumbent Republican Senator Kurt…
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                        Democratic State Representative Mary Still will try to unseat Republican Kurt Schaefer from his 19th district Senate seat in November.Both Still and…
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                        You have probably heard the statistic: Missouri has the lowest cigarette tax in the nation – just 17 cents a pack, compared to the national average of…
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                        Members of the Missouri Student Association traveled to Jefferson City Tuesday to ask state officials to rethink their proposal that would raise student…
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                        Governor Jay Nixon's office announced late Tuesday it may reduce the level of proposed 2013 cuts to higher education by six percent.Columbia…
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                        A Missouri House member is proposing legislation that would ask voters to approve tougher regulation of certain installment loans.The legislation by…