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Texas County couple named ‘Missouri Tree Farmers of the Year’
Houston Herald - Missouri
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July 7, 2025
You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. That is what University of Missouri Extension state specialist in forestry Hank Stelzer often hears when talking with landowners, and even some professional foresters, about an Ozark woodland. “But the...
Josh Hawley caved on Medicaid in a climate of political violence
My Ozarks Online - Missouri
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July 7, 2025
I googled: “Josh Hawley SNAP,” a few weeks ago when I was looking for our Senator’s position on cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (aka SNAP, or food stamps). The AI told me that “Josh Hawley SNAP” refers to a snap of Hawley on...
Missouri Corn Growers commend key farm provisions in budget bill
Newstalk KZRG - Missouri
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July 5, 2025
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.)–The Missouri Corn Growers Association (MCGA) is commending Congress for including key farm provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill, marking critical wins for farmers, rural communities, and the U.S. agricultural economy. The...
Targeted treatment: Innovative surgery returns grandmother, amputee to outdoors
KRCG - Missouri
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Eileen and Robert Ward’s house in Theodosia, Missouri, is the gathering spot for family they always dreamed of. It’s got access to wildlife, camping, recreation on Bull Shoals Lake, and plenty of other excuses for their kids and grandkids to...
The Missouri National Recreational River is offering a free kayaking clinic this summer
KTIV - Iowa
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July 6, 2025
YANKTON, S.D. (KTIV) - The Missouri National Recreational River (MNRR) is offering free kayaking clinics this summer every Wednesday, and most Sundays, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. through Wednesday, Sept. 3rd. Abby Schauer, a park ranger with the...
How union organizing can change your life and the world: A conversation with Jaz Brisack
The Real News Network
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July 11, 2025
After getting a job as a barista at the Elmwood Starbucks in Buffalo, New York, Jaz Brisack became a founding member of Starbucks Workers United and helped organize the first unionized Starbucks in the US in December of 2021. In their new book,...
KRPS Daily Newscast for Thursday July 10, 2025
KRPS - Kansas
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July 10, 2025
In Kansas News Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt has entered the crowded Republican primary race for governor. Zane Irwin of the Kansas News Service reports. Schmidt joins a growing pool of 2026 GOP candidates that includes former...
Hawley Secures Commitment to Halt Federal Loan for Grain Belt Express
Missourinet
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July 11, 2025
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced Thursday that Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright has pledged to halt a $4.9 billion federal loan for the controversial Grain Belt Express project. The announcement follows what Hawley calls...
Why States Warn Continued UN Funding Hurts Farmers
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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July 6, 2025
Eleven state agriculture commissioners called on the Trump administration and Congress to yank funding from United Nations programs that they say are hurting American farmers. “The federal government should stop using American taxpayer dollars to...
PB Arsenal welcomes Col. Mason as leader
The Pine Bluff Commercial - Arkansas
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July 11, 2025
About 100 local politicians, family members and U.S. Army military and military support personnel gathered to welcome Col. Matthew C. Mason, the new commander of the Pine Bluff Arsenal, and hear him speak during his installation ceremony Thursday....
Press Box: Wide variety of changes are coming to Missouri high school sports
News Tribune - Missouri
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July 6, 2025
It may be the summer and we are coming off a Missouri State High School Activities Association mandated “dead week” where no school can offer any organized team activities. But that doesn’t mean the high school sports seasons are on the back...
Missouri S&T symposium in Morocco focuses on sustainable energy for Africa
Missouri S&T News
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July 3, 2025
Energy experts and researchers from around the world gathered in Marrakech, Morocco, this spring for Missouri S&T’s 4th International Laufer Energy Symposium to discuss the future of sustainable energy and the challenges facing Africa and the...
Missouri AG targets Grain Belt Express for potential deceptive tactics
KTTN - Missouri
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July 3, 2025
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has issued a Civil Investigative Demand to Grain Belt Express, LLC, initiating a formal inquiry into allegations of deceptive practices related to the company’s multistate transmission line project. The...
Missouri Attorney General investigates Grain Belt Express over alleged false promises
Show-Me State Times - Missouri
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July 2, 2025
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has issued a Civil Investigative Demand to Grain Belt Express, LLC. The move comes amid concerns over misleading claims and alleged dishonesty in the company's transmission line project. Bailey also sent a...
McDonald's Snack Wrap blasted for ingredient change as fans say it 'doesn't match past'
The Mirror US
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July 11, 2025
McDonald's enthusiasts flocked to the popular fast food chain on Wednesday, eager for the much-anticipated return of the Snack Wrap. However, the relaunch of this cult favorite, which was removed from the menu in 2016, left some fans feeling let...
‘Dirty Myrtle’ cleaning up her act
Tribune Chronicle - Ohio
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A South Carolina beach town once nicknamed “Dirty Myrtle” because of its rowdy nightclubs and strip joints has become a magnet for retirees in a nation that continues to age. The number of residents 65 years and older in the Myrtle Beach...
Breakthru Beverage Group Expands Partnership with Proximo Spirits in California
Wine Industry Network
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July 10, 2025
Agreement Expands Successful Relationship into Dynamic New Market July 10, 2025 — Breakthru Beverage Group, one of the leading beverage distributors in the United States and the largest broker in Canada, representing a portfolio of premier wine,...
DC’s bus shelters aren’t necessarily placed where people need them most
Greater Greater Washington
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July 10, 2025
A shelter-less stop for the 96 bus in northeast DC. Image by Caitlin Rogger used with permission. We originally published this post in October 2024. As the weather warms up, we’re publishing it again. I’m most relieved summer is over when I’m at a...
UCLA cancels student-led Palestine class despite past similar courses
The College Fix
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July 11, 2025
UCLA likely had political motives, scholar says The University of California Los Angeles recently canceled a student-led course on public health in Palestine for violating a school regulation that states only instructors can give grades. One...
Texas Flood Aftermath Shows How Trump Is Breaking FEMA
Rolling Stone
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July 10, 2025
Homeland Security requiring Kristi Noem to sign off on expenditures over $100,000 reportedly slowed FEMA's response to the devastation FEMA’s response to the deadly flooding in Texas over the Fourth of July weekend has been less than ideal,...