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  • Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including: MU Health Care named one of the "Most Wired" hospitals in the country Kirksville pays…
  • A Republican member of the Missouri House announced today that he is gay during a press conference on a bill that would limit public schools from discussing sexual orientation in the classroom. Zachary Wyatt of Kirksville told reporters he has deep regrets for not taking stands earlier against school bullying, and called for lawmakers to shelve the so-called “don’t say gay” bill. With his disclosure today, Wyatt becomes the only current openly gay Republican state legislator in the nation. St. Louis Public Radio’s Marshall Griffin talked with Wyatt about the bill and his decision to come out.