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Federal jury awards $4 million to St. Louis school employees denied religious vaccine exemptions
Natural News
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July 14, 2025
Federal jury awards $4 million to St. Louis school employees denied religious vaccine exemptions A federal jury awarded over $4 million to 13 St. Louis school employees denied religious exemptions from a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The plaintiffs...
Oldest Missouri Black-owned bookstore closes as owner retires
KSHB - Missouri
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July 13, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Willa's Books and Vinyl, the oldest Black-owned bookstore in Missouri, is closing its final chapter as owner Willa Mae Robinson prepares for her retirement. The beloved shop, a cultural cornerstone in the Kansas City community,...
Understanding a business administration degree: A look at Northwest Missouri State University
NW Missouri Times
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July 14, 2025
Dr. Lance Tatum, President | Northwest Missouri State UniversityDr. Lance Tatum, President | Northwest Missouri State University If you’re planning your future and considering a business administration degree, understanding the field can help make...
‘Domestic Terrorism’: Severed cables leave lasting impact in Missouri
KCTV 5 - Missouri
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July 14, 2025
STAMFORD, Conn. (KCTV) - Spectrum has offered an up to $25,000 reward for information about criminal acts considered to be domestic terrorism. Charter Communications, the parent company of Spectrum, announced on Monday, July 14, that criminals...
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver reflects on local legacy and criticizes national trade and immigration policies
SE Kansas City News - Missouri
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July 14, 2025
Representative Emanuel Cleaver, who has served Missouri’s 5th District in the U.S. Congress since 2005, recently shared a series of statements on social media addressing local cultural milestones and national policy concerns.On July 14, 2025,...
Missouri governor signs bipartisan education bills into law
Columbia Missourian
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There could be more retired teachers returning as substitutes and more homeschooled students will be able to participate in sports and other school activities, thanks to a stack of bipartisan education bills signed Wednesday by Gov. Mike Kehoe....
Sedalia Resident Named to UCM Alumni Foundation's ‘10 Under 40’
KSIS 1050 AM - Missouri
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July 17, 2025
The University of Central Missouri (UCM) Alumni Foundation has announced the 2025 class of its “10 Under 40” alumni recognition program. UCM - Bailey Weiker UCM - Bailey Weiker Now in its second year, “10 Under 40” celebrates the achievements of...
Eighth annual Schnucks Folds of Honor “Round Up at the Register” raises $150K
Illinois Business Journal
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July 17, 2025
Schnuck Markets Inc. has announced that Schnucks customers, vendors and the company itself pledged a gift of $150,000 to benefit the Folds of Honor Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides educational scholarships to the spouses and...
Virginia is for … data centers? Residents are increasingly saying no
Public Radio Tulsa - Oklahoma
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July 17, 2025
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The two dozen or so nondescript gray, white and blue buildings lining Virginia State Route 625 could be large warehouses. But community activist Elena Schlossberg can identify them literally a mile away by their telltale rows of...
Missouri Governor signs bipartisan education legislation into law
My Ozarks Online - Missouri
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July 9, 2025
Gov. Mike Kehoe speaks during a mid-legislative-session press conference with GOP leadership (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). There could be more retired teachers returning as substitutes and more home-schooled students will be able to...
We need both Martha and Mary
The Sentinel-News - Kentucky
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Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, and order, and rhythm, and harmony.” – Thomas Merton A long time ago, during a seminary break, I spent a lazy summer assisting the priest at my home parish in Branson, Missouri. Shepherd of...
Missouri Bans Controversial Reading Instruction Model
Governing
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July 11, 2025
Missouri lawmakers have banned educators from leaning on a model of reading instruction called the “three-cueing” method as part of a bipartisan education package signed by Gov. Mike Kehoe on Wednesday. The law mandates that three cueing, which...
Jennies Golf Tops WGCA All-Scholar Team GPA Ranking for 2024-25
BVM Sports
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July 16, 2025
The University of Central Missouri Jennies Golf Team has been recognized as the top team on the 2024-25 Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-Scholar Team GPA Top-25 list, achieving a remarkable team GPA of 3.945. This accolade follows their...
Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison addresses immigration policy on social media
Springfield Standard - Missouri
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July 10, 2025
Eric Burlison, a member of the U.S. Congress representing Missouri's 7th district, shared his views on social media regarding immigration and national priorities. Having served in Congress since 2023, Burlison succeeded Billy Long and previously...
Missouri embraces the American Beer Act
The Drinks Business
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July 11, 2025
Missouri has signed a law that will cut taxes on US beer in a bid to support the state’s brewing and farming sectors. This week, while at AB InBev’s St. Louis Brewery, Republican Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed the bill to slash taxes on...
Deal Digest: Station Deals Total Over $10 Million This Week.
Inside Radio - Tennessee
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STATION SALES Hagerstown-Chambersburg Waynesboro, MD-PA – Peter & John Radio Fellowship has filed a $3.1 million deal to buy country WAYZ (104.7) from M. Belmont VerStandig. The call letters will be moved to another station before closing. The...
Missouri law protects student organization rights at universities
CatholicVote - Wisconsin
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July 10, 2025
A bill protecting the free speech rights of belief-based student organizations on university campuses recently became law in Missouri after Gov. Mike Kehoe signed it and several other education-focused bills July 9. SB 160 mandates that public...
Missouri AG threatens lawsuits after AI chatbots give Trump low marks on antisemitism
The Times of Israel
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July 11, 2025
JTA — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is demanding answers from Big Tech after its AI chatbots did something unforgivable in his eyes: They ranked Donald Trump poorly on antisemitism. In letters sent this week to Google, Meta, Microsoft...
Missouri's DESE selects 80 agencies for $49 million literacy grant
Jefferson City News - Missouri
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July 10, 2025
Dr. Karla Eslinger Commissioner | Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary EducationDr. Karla Eslinger Commissioner | Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...
Missouri governor signs legislation securing students’ rights to freely associate on campus
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
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Missouri has passed a law protecting the right of students to gather and speak on campuses across the state. On Wednesday, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed into law SB 160, which defends the freedom of student organizations to set leadership and...