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60 Years After LBJ Signed Medicaid & Medicare, GOP Cuts Threaten Lifeline for Millions
Democracy Now!
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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law. On July 30th, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Social Security Amendments of 1965 at...
Pop-up Missouri coffee shop empowers young adults with disabilities
KMBZ - Kansas
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July 18, 2025
KANSAS CITY - The Black Cat Coffee Project has their quarterly pop-up Saturday, July 19th in Cottleville. They're a non profit started by a motivated group of young people with disabilities who were sitting around Tracy Bono's kitchen table...
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...
Calls to Missouri’s 988 Suicide and Crisis hotline increase in third year of operation
KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri
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July 17, 2025
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Calls to Missouri's 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline have risen significantly each year since the hotline launched three years ago, according to data from the Missouri Department of Mental Health. The free, three-digit hotline...
'Make Good Trouble' rally draws hundreds at Missouri Capitol
KOMU 8 - Missouri
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JEFFERSON CITY — Several rallies took place Thursday in mid-Missouri, both in memory of late civil rights activist and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, and in opposition of President Donald Trump's sweeping spending bill. Organizers at the protest in...
Deadline Closing to Apply for March 14-15 Individual Storm Recovery Assistance in Missouri
KRCU - Missouri
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July 17, 2025
A deadline is quickly approaching for those affected by the deadly and destructive storms that hit Southeast Missouri back in mid-March 2025. On July 1, Gov. Mike Kehoe provided an update on the State of Missouri's continued disaster response and...
Missouri AG Andrew Bailey Will Sue To Make Sure All Chatbots Say Donald Trump Loves Jews The Most
Wonkette - Michigan
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July 11, 2025
Screencap of Bailey from Donald Trump Jr’s Triggered What is it about Missouri’s state attorney general office that it produces some of the most pathetic, try-hard right-wingers in Donald Trump’s America? Just in recent years the office has...
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...
Bill Clay Sr., Congressional Black Caucus Founding Member and Missouri Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 94
The Washington Informer
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July 17, 2025
William Lacy Clay Sr., a civil rights leader, legislative powerhouse, and one of the 13 founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus, has died. He was 94. Clay made history in 1968 when he became Missouri’s first Black congressman,...
Civil rights leader and Missouri’s first Black congressman, William L. Clay Sr., dies at 94
St Louis American - Missouri
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July 17, 2025
Stay Informed, Stay Empowered in STL Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. William L. Clay Sr., Missouri’s first Black congressman and noted civil rights...
Bill Clay Sr., Missouri’s first Black congressman who wielded power for 32 years, dies at 94
St. Louis Public Radio - Missouri
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July 17, 2025
William L. Clay Sr., who became Missouri's first Black member of Congress, a champion of civil rights and workers’ rights and a force in regional and national politics for decades, died Wednesday. He was 94. During his raucous 32-year tenure...
CMH to host ION robotic bronchoscopy exhibit featuring advanced lung diagnostic technology
El Dorado Springs Sun - Missouri
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July 30, 2025
Citizens Memorial Hospital will host a special exhibit Thursday, Aug. 7, showcasing the ION Robotic Bronchoscopy System, now available at the CMH Pulmonology Clinic. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the clinic’s parking lot 1165 N....
New laws aim to make it easier for older Missourians to work in schools
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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St. Louis Public Schools students board a bus outside of Columbia Elementary, in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood, on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in St. Louis. Zachary Linhares, Post Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri kids could see a lot more gray...
Funding for Missouri Child Care Assistance Program Receives State Approval
Northeast News - Missouri
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July 17, 2025
Illustration by Kendall Williams Julia Williams Editor-in-Chief On average, families across Missouri spend anywhere between $10,000 and $14,000 annually on child care services, which rivals more than 5.3% of average rent costs throughout the...
Republic Board of Education earns governance award
Greene County Commonwealth - Missouri
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July 17, 2025
The Republic R-III Board of Education was one of 23 school boards from across Missouri to be presented with the Missouri School Boards’ Association’s (MSBA) 2025 Governance Team Award during the MSBA's Summer Summit, held on Monday, June 16, in...
Northwestern Missouri farmers build water resilience with help of NRCS programs
The Fence Post - Nebraska
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July 17, 2025
By Brooke DeCubellis, USDA Nestled in northwest Missouri’s Grand River watershed, local communities are making strides to balance the ebb and flow of water availability in the region through a number of efforts supported by USDA’s Natural...
Helping hands and happy feet: The Sneaker Project's impact grows in mid-Missouri
KRCG - Missouri
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NEW BLOOMFIELD — The Sneaker Project's reach has nearly doubled over the last few years. The organization distributed 907 pairs of shoes to mid-Missouri kids in 2021. That number grew to 1,673 pairs of shoes distributed in 2024. "There's a need...
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...
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...