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Lawsuit seeks to block taxpayer money for Missouri’s private school voucher program
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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JEFFERSON CITY — Two Missouri teachers are suing top state officials over a plan to inject $50 million in taxpayer funds into the state’s private school voucher program. Rebeka McIntosh of Columbia and Kimberly Duvall of Jackson County filed their...
Which SEC school has the best basketball arena environment?
Daily Comet - Louisiana
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Welcome to SEC Unfiltered, the USA TODAY NETWORK's newsletter on SEC sports. Look for this newsletter in your inbox Monday through Friday. Today, Knox News' Tennessee athletics reporter Mike Wilson takes over: EA Sports got the online discourse...
Ban on AI Regulations in Trump’s Tax Bill Carries a Huge Environmental Cost
Mother Jones
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July 1, 2025
A data center for cryptocurrency mining, cloud services, and AI computing in Stutsman County, North Dakota.halbergman/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This...
MU Health Care discusses stalled negotiations with Anthem at Missouri Senate hearing
Columbia News - Missouri
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June 30, 2025
University of Missouri Health Care representatives appeared before the Missouri Senate Insurance and Banking Committee to address ongoing negotiations with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. MU Health Care emphasized its dedication to maintaining...
How to pick the right fixtures and bulbs for wildlife-friendly outdoor lighting at home
KMUW - Kansas
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July 1, 2025
Humans have inadvertently filled their towns and cities with outdoor lighting that generates a lot more light pollution than is necessary. This costs communities their starry nighttime views. It also wastes electricity and hurts pollinators and...
Missouri forms special committee to consider property tax reform
KSHB - Missouri
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July 1, 2025
KSHB 41 reporter Charlie Keegan covers politics on both sides of the state line. If you have a story idea to share, you can send Charlie an email at charlie.keegan@kshb.com. — Missouri Speaker of the House Jon Patterson created the Special Interim...
Missouri state senators attempt to broker deal between the disgruntled insurance and hospital system
KY3 - Missouri
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June 30, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Tens of thousands of Missourians lost insurance coverage for their preferred doctor due to a disagreement between a hospital system and an insurance provider. State lawmakers are now taking matters into their own hands to...
Missouri senators attempt to broker deal between disgruntled insurance and hospital system
KCTV 5 - Missouri
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June 30, 2025
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Tens of thousands of Missourians lost insurance coverage to their preferred doctor because of a disagreement between a hospital system and insurance provider. State lawmakers are now taking matters into their own hands...
Missouri governor delivers $50.8 billion state budget
Newstalk KZRG - Missouri
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June 30, 2025
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Delivering on his promise to present Missourians with a reasonable, conservative budget that continues to secure Missouri’s future, today Governor Mike Kehoe signed the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) state operating and capital...
Missouri Governor Kehoe signs fiscal year budget
KY3 - Missouri
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June 30, 2025
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) state operating and capital improvement budget bills on Monday. The $50.8 billion budget includes 208 vetoes, totaling nearly $300...
Kehoe takes ax to Missouri budget, cuts $511M in spending
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Kehoe cut $511 million out of the state’s new budget Monday, saying he wants to leave more money in the bank for a looming revenue shortfall. The Republican governor, acting on his first spending plan, signed the bulk of...
Riceland Foods’ Carbon Ready™ Program pays farmers millions for sustainably grown rice
Stuttgart Daily Leader - Arkansas
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June 30, 2025
STUTTGART — Riceland Foods distributed over $4 million to its farmers enrolled in the 2024 Riceland Carbon Ready™ Program. Since launched in 2022, the program has paid out close to $8.5 million to cooperative farmer members enrolled. With the...
Tourist Attractions in Missouri
PlanetWare
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Written by Lana Law Updated Jun 30, 2025 Home to the lovely Ozark Mountains, culturally rich capitals, and deep threads of United States history, Missouri offers a long list of attractions. While there are plenty of things to see and do in Kansas...
USDA offers loans for Missouri farmer losses tied to March tornado
KMOV - Missouri
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June 30, 2025
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Farmers, ranchers and agriculture operations across Missouri, Illinois and Arkansas can now apply for low-interest physical loss loans tied to the tornado that struck on March 14 of this year. Per the U.S....
BLM Hosts Free Family Events in Missouri River Breaks Throughout July
Hi Line Today - Montana
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June 30, 2025
FORT BENTON, Mont. — The Bureau of Land Management’s Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center is hosting free, family-friendly events throughout July. Highlights include ranger chats on July 5th and July 12th along the Missouri River, birding programs...
A lifesaving lesson for climate activists: You deserve support, too
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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June 30, 2025
A mother in Kansas City, Missouri, was moved to action following a tragedy. Sami Aaron lost her son Kevin Aaron to suicide in 2003. Kevin was an environmental activist, and Aaron says that his concerns about the climate crisis and other...
Which stadium will be most hostile road environment for Alabama in 2025? Here’s our pick
AL.com - Alabama
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June 30, 2025
The road slate for Alabama football in 2025 isn’t quite as tough as it was a season ago. There’s no trip to Tiger Stadium. No visit to Neyland Stadium. Both are two of the most raucous and difficult environments to be the visitor in college...
Missouri Senate committee to hear testimony in MU Health Care and Anthem contract dispute Monday
KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri
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June 29, 2025
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Senate's Insurance and Banking Committee is set to hear testimony from University of Missouri Health Care and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield on Monday, in an effort to break the stalemate in insurance negotiations....
Developers eye idle KCK power plant as the region pursues data center projects
The Beacon - Missouri
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July 1, 2025
A defunct Kansas City, Kansas, power station astride polluted land has caught the eye of investors eager to develop an energy-hungry data center. The investors have offered to pay millions of dollars for the environmental remediation of the Kansas...
Missouri mosquito testing is inadequate, experts warn after West Nile case in Illinois
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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Experts are warning that mosquito monitoring in Missouri is inadequate, days after the first bad case of the West Nile virus this year was discovered in Illinois. Illinois authorities announced this week that a person had been hospitalized with...