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Missouri public schools must let homeschooled students try out for activities starting late August
KOMU 8 - Missouri
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Gov. Mike Kehoe signed Senate Bill 63 into law on Wednesday. The bill will require all Missouri public schools to allow homeschooled students in the area to try out for sports teams and other activities, beginning Aug. 28. This change has long...
Missouri governor signs bill banning state from seizing foster kids’ benefits
My Ozarks Online - Missouri
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July 9, 2025
Rep. Melissa Schmidt, R-Eldridge, speaks on the House floor in February about her foster benefits bill (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). July 9, 2025 11:05 am After Aug. 28, Missouri will end the state’s longstanding practice of seizing...
Missouri Senate forms committee to review funding for DEI programs
KOMU 8 - Missouri
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The Missouri Senate announced Tuesday that it is forming three new committees, including one to review state funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs. According to a news release, the Select Committee on Equal Protection and DEI will...
Paris unveils new mural in honour of Josephine Baker
Africanews
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July 20, 2025
Paris is reviving the spirit of U.S.-French entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker with a new mural. Fifty years after her death, Baker now gazes out over a diverse, bustling neighborhood of northeast Paris, thanks to urban artist...
Missouri groups scrambling after Trump freezes school funding
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri school districts and after-school organizations are scrambling to find a path forward after the Trump administration froze $6 billion in federal funding for programs affecting low-income children. Darlene Sowell,...
Missouri advocates praise long-sought revival of radiation compensation program
St. Louis Public Radio - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
For Karen Nickel, reviving and expanding the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was bittersweet. Nickel and Dawn Chapman were part of Just Moms STL, a group that’s been raising awareness and seeking restitution for Manhattan Project-era nuclear...
LGBTQ+ groups face alarming funding crisis as Republican anti-trans attacks mount, new report finds
The Advocate
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July 8, 2025
Philanthropic support for LGBTQ+ causes is collapsing just as queer and trans communities face an escalating national crisis. New data from Funders for LGBTQ Issues shows foundation funding for LGBTQ+ organizations in the U.S. dropped sharply to...
Missouri’s parole system is due for a makeover. But this group is working on fixing it
KCUR - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
Missouri's parole system governs the lives of some 52,000 people, more than twice the number held in the state's prisons. But its rules haven't been updated since 2017, and those who work inside the parole system say its processes are often...
Missouri girl, 13, beat bone cancer...then weeks later, a freak accident struck
Daily Mail
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July 8, 2025
A 13-year-old Missouri girl, who had just beaten bone cancer, was tragically killed after a freak fireworks incident set her home ablaze. Jerilynn Brown had beaten bone cancer just weeks before the horrific fire that claimed her young life in the...
Immigration crackdown hurts small businesses in Kansas dependent on migrant customers
NPR
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July 8, 2025
Mom-and-pop stores in Kansas City catering to recent immigrants are facing a sharp downturn, with sales falling since Trump took office. Owners say customers are scared and holding onto their cash. Sponsor Message MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: President...
Missouri’s parole system is due for a makeover. Meet the group working on it
St. Louis Public Radio - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
Missouri's parole system governs the lives of some 52,000 people, more than twice the number held in the state’s prisons. But its rules haven’t been updated since 2017, and those who work inside the parole system say its processes are often...
W. Brent Powell To Become Missouri’s Next Chief Justice
Summit Tribune - Missouri
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July 12, 2025
By order of the Court, Supreme Court of Missouri Judge W. Brent Powell assumed the role of chief justice beginning July 1. His two-year term as chief justice will run through June 30, 2027. He succeeds Judge Mary R. Russell, who remains on the...
Church Directory for the Week of July 9-17, 2025
Pipestone County Star - Minnesota
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July 8, 2025
Ruthton Country Church, Full Gospel-Non-denominational church; Pastor Frank Vanderbush, 507-658-3917. Sundays: 10 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship service. Bible Studies Sundays at 9 a.m. Find us at countrychurch.co on Facebook and Youtube @ Country...
New short documentary highlights the life of Servant of God Julia Greeley
Catholic News Agency
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July 20, 2025
CNA Staff, Jul 20, 2025 / 06:00 am A new, short documentary tells the story of Servant of God Julia Greeley, also known as Denver’s Angel of Charity, who was born into slavery near Hannibal, Missouri. “Julia Greeley: Servant of the Sacred Heart”...
Women Warned About These 10 Missouri Locations
KHMO 1070 AM - Illinois
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July 12, 2025
This just in. I am not a woman, but I am the father of daughters and take seriously disturbing crime statistics about many places in Missouri where it's dangerous to be female. I believe in transparency when it comes to how rankings like this are...
Missouri activists step up to comfort ICE detainees
KCUR - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
President Trump's mass deportation efforts have led to the arrests of tens of thousands of immigrants, some of whom end up at the Phelps County Jail in Rolla, Missouri. Now some local activists are trying to provide comfort and assistance to...
Letter: Missouri politicians continue trying to roll back women's rights
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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I’m an Air Force veteran and St. Louis resident who obtained a medication abortion years ago. I know how abortion bans can impact Missouri women from personal experience. I recently attended the "Our Voices, Our Stories, Our Future: Free & Just...
Missouri 4-H State Livestock Judging Contest winners 2025
Farm Talk - Kansas
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Youths judge a class of Hereford cattle at the 2025 State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest. University of Missouri Extension recently hosted the 2025 State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest on at the Trowbridge Livestock Center in Columbia. The event...
Missouri Lottery player wins $100K prize with 'Break the Bank' ticket
Show-Me State Times - Missouri
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July 7, 2025
An ordinary day took an unexpected turn for a Missouri Lottery player in Clinton when she purchased a "Break the Bank" Scratchers ticket at Casey's, located at 701 E. Ohio St. The player was surprised to discover she had won one of the game's...
Missouri Lottery player wins $249K Show Me Cash jackpot
Show-Me State Times - Missouri
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July 7, 2025
A Missouri Lottery player secured a $249,000 Show Me Cash jackpot in the June 16 drawing. The winning ticket was purchased at QuikTrip, located at 4101 Gravois in St. Louis. The ticket matched all five numbers drawn that night: 21, 24, 25, 29, and...