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SSM Health addresses nursing shortage with pipeline program
The Journal Record - Oklahoma
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July 11, 2025
SSM Health is launching a program designed to fund nursing education and create a quicker pathway to employment across its health care sites, starting this fall in Oklahoma. The Catholic health system is partnering with Chicago-based Chamberlain...
Exclusive—Rep. Jason Smith: This Fourth of July, Americans Celebrate the Largest Tax Cut in History
Breitbart
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July 4, 2025
Today, the United States celebrates the anniversary of our brave founders declaring our nation’s independence, embarking on the path to freedom from tyranny, taxation without representation, and a distant elite who ignored the will of the people....
Golf Can Prove Habit Forming And Possibly Addictive
Forbes
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UNITED STATES - JULY 25: Golf: Russ Hamilton Gambler's Outing, Closeup of bet tally at Grouse ... More Mountain Lodge, Whitefish, MT 7/25/2003 (Photo by Todd Korol/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) (SetNumber: X68846 TK1)Sports Illustrated via...
Data shows variability in cover crop adoption
Illinois Farmer Today
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When it comes to conservation practices, the numbers show cover crops are failing to stick for some farmers. Iowa Learning Farms hosted the July 2 webinar “Are We Growing or Losing Conservation Acres?” led by Alejandro Plastina, center director...
Bunge and Viterra merger completed
Brownfield Ag News
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News Bunge and Viterra merger completed July 3, 2025 By Carah Hart Filed Under: Missouri, News A Missouri-based agribusiness has completed a merger that the CEO says will grow its global footprint. Bunge and Viterra’s merger became official on...
Home Prices Are Plummeting in Houston
Newsweek
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July 10, 2025
Homebuyers in Houston, Texas, are currently facing the most favorable market in years, as prices posted their biggest year-over-year decline in May since September 2023, according to data from real estate information provider CoStar. In May, the...
Warmer summer means more ticks: St. Louis County working to track populations
KMOV - Missouri
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July 4, 2025
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Experts across the country are worried that tick populations might be on the rise, something that has Heather Mohr a little nervous. Heather lives in Eastern Missouri and was once bitten by a tick. She didn’t think...
50 questions for Springfield area high school football teams
Springfield News Leader - Missouri
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We are officially 50 days out from the start of high school football season in the Springfield area, so the Springfield News-Leader came up with 50 questions to ask ahead of the season. The season starts under the Friday night lights on Aug. 29 in...
Kansas health department reports new measles exposure at Wichita medical center
KMBC 9 - Missouri
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July 4, 2025
WELL. THAT’S COMING UP. THANK YOU. NEVILLE. THE KANSAS CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS SOUNDING THE ALARM. MEASLES CASES CONTINUE TO RISE IN PARTS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI, AND OFFICIALS ARE WARNING THE METRO COULD BE NEXT IF VACCINATION RATES DON’T...
EA Sports College Football 26 season simulation provides intriguing results for Texas A&M
Yahoo Sports
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The EA Sports College Football 26 video game's Dynasty Mode allows players to take over any program in the country and play through the entire upcoming college football season. With that comes the opportunity to simulate the season to see where...
Hoosier businesses face fallout from tariff shake-up
Public News Service
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Hoosier businesses across the state are feeling the ripple effects of rising tariffs and shifting trade policies, especially in farming, manufacturing and retail. Aaron Lehman is president of the Iowa Farmers Union, but his concerns extend across...
Bass Pro Shops owner, son have done something 'otherworldly'
Golfweek - Virginia
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Johnny Morris opened a new Disney-esque par-3 golf course called Cliffhangers at Big Cedar Lodge in Missouri. The course, built on unique limestone cliffs, features 18 holes and a unique "Lion's Den" hole incorporating a waterfall. Cliffhangers...
A Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Is Pushing to Make Healthier Food More Accessible to Tribes
Oklahoma Watch
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July 4, 2025
Sign up today for First Watch! Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to give low-income households on Native American...
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,...
Introducing the 2025 Cheer Daily 40 Under 40
Cheer Daily
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July 10, 2025
The cheerleading industry is filled with passionate leaders, but some stand out for the way they consistently raise the bar—not just in performance, but in purpose. Cheer Daily’s 2025 40 Under 40 honors the coaches, choreographers, creators,...
Breakfast chain plans new restaurants in 2025: What to know in AL
The Montgomery Advertiser - Alabama
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First Watch operates more than 580 restaurants in 31 states, including Alabama, and that number is expected to grow in 2025. The company said on its 2025 first quarter earnings call on May 6 it had opened 13 restaurants in 10 states in the first...
Southern Boone considering four-day school week
Fulton Sun - Missouri
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July 2, 2025
ASHLAND, Missouri -- The Southern Boone School District may move to a four-day week in two years. According to a news release, the district has begun to consider the schedule change for the 2026-27 school year in order to improve teacher...
Lorde Plots Australian And New Zealand Leg Of Ultrasound World Tour For Early 2026
Stereoboard
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Photo: Talia Chetrit Lorde has announced the Australian and New Zealand leg of her Ultrasound World Tour. The Auckland music star will kick off the run with a hometown performance at Spark Arena on February 11, before heading to Christchurch,...
Letter: Medicaid work mandate isn't workable. Millions will suffer for it.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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These people come with colostomies and catheters, monitors and med schedules, sick days and hospitalizations. If there were millions of mobility-limited, climate-controlled, flexible-schedule and disability-compatible jobs out there, they’d...
Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - July 3, 2025
Kiowa County Press - Colorado
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July 3, 2025
News from around the nation. When school meals stop, Missouri group steps in; Fair election maps could spur businesses in NC and CA's Channel Islands Fox, a conservation success story. The Public News Service Thursday afternoon update. I'm Joe...