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MDC seeks volunteers for Stream Team program in southeast Missouri
Democrat News - Missouri
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July 16, 2025
MDC Stream Team volunteers are active in every corner of the state, working in urban neighborhoods, rural landscapes, and everything in between. With over 110,000 miles of streams in Missouri, there’s always more work to be done — and a place for...
On Your Side: Better Business Bureau investigating complaints from car wash company
KY3 - Missouri
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August 5, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - The Better Business Bureau urges consumers to exercise caution when using Club Car Wash, a Columbia, Missouri-based company operating more than 200 locations across 11 states. Club Car Wash operates...
The Missouri River from the Pleistocene to the Present
Montana Public Radio
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The Missouri River from the Pleistocene to the Present By Elena Ulev It’s time for Field Notes, brought to you by the Montana Natural History Center. Black Angus cows. I squint my eyes and imagine that they’re bison. A dilapidated root cellar. I...
New Missouri law mandates sales tax payment at car purchase, new temp tag rules
KSDK - Missouri
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Missouri car buyers will see 30-day temporary tags and will soon pay sales tax at purchase under a new law. ST. LOUIS — Car buyers in Missouri will soon see changes in the temporary tags they receive and how they pay sales tax, thanks to a new law...
‘Russiagate’ Hoax Fueled War in Ukraine and ‘Proxy War With Russia’, Says Trump
The Political Insider
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August 6, 2025
This article was originally published by The Epoch Times: ‘Russiagate’ Hoax Fueled War in Ukraine and ‘Proxy War With Russia’, Says Trump Former President Donald Trump says the ongoing Russia–Ukraine conflict was fueled in part by attempts by...
Your guide to Missouri’s newest education laws in 2025
The Beacon - Missouri
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July 15, 2025
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has signed nearly a dozen new laws affecting education this July. Among the proposals that advanced this year are bills governing how public schools handle religious chaplains, cellphones and opening school activities to...
Brightstar to Power the Missouri Lottery for 8 More Years
Gambling News - New York
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July 16, 2025
Brightstar Lottery (formerly IGT Lottery) announced a new eight-year partnership with the Missouri Lottery. Under this agreement, the lottery solutions provider will empower the state lottery operator with its fully-integrated lottery solution,...
Chappell Roan donates 2 original costumes to Springfield fundraising event
KY3 - Missouri
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August 5, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - Willard, Mo., native and Grammy Award-winning artist Chappell Roan donated two original costumes from her 2024 Midwest Princess Tour to benefit Springfield Black Tie, the region’s largest LGBTQIA+...
Editorial: Missouri could (but won't) challenge Trump's damaging education funding freeze
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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The Editorial Board Twenty-four states are suing the Trump administration for improperly withholding almost $7 billion in scheduled education-related funding. Why isn’t Missouri one of them? The short answer is that, while state lawsuits against...
Brown Recluse Spiders Increasing in Missouri Homes This Season
Times News Global
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July 16, 2025
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — Brown recluse spiders are appearing more frequently in Missouri homes this season, but experts reassure residents that most encounters are not dangerous. Chris Hartley, an entomologist at The Butterfly House in Chesterfield,...
State Board of Education members debate limited yet ‘influential’ role
Fulton Sun - Missouri
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July 15, 2025
New members of the Missouri State Board of Education discovered their powers to direct schools are more limited than they expected during a retreat last week. The board spent Wednesday and Thursday talking about the powers it has -- and those it...
Meet Wyandotte County’s District 5 candidates: A doctor, a retired public administrator and an educator
The Beacon - Missouri
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July 16, 2025
Half of the 11-member Unified Government Board of Commissioners is up for election this fall, with the potential to shape budget, housing and development decisions across Wyandotte County for the next four years. That board is the chief governing...
Between Enforcement and Protection: What Employees Need to Know About State and Federal Immigration Policy Shifts
JD Supra - California
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July 16, 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recently announced a suspension in enforcing the 2024 rule from the Biden Administration that is designed to enhance protections for H-2A workers. The move aims to provide greater clarity for...
More than half the states, including Missouri, have issued AI guidance for schools
My Ozarks Online - Missouri
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July 16, 2025
At least 28 states have issued guidance on the use of AI in K-12 schools. (David Espejo/Stock photo via Getty Images) July 16, 2025 1:58 pm Agencies in at least 28 states and the District of Columbia have issued guidance on the use of artificial...
Brightstar signs eight-year contract to modernise Missouri Lottery systems
Gambling Insider
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Rollout includes new digital features, retailer terminals and enhanced player engagement tools. By Shaan Khan Key points: - Missouri Lottery to deploy Brightstar's OMNIA system under an eight-year agreement - Deal includes 9,045 new retailer...
Boeing strike erupts at the heart of the US war machine
World Socialist Web Site
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August 6, 2025
Boeing workers on the picket line [Photo: IAM-Boeing]More than 3,200 Boeing workers in Missouri and Illinois walked out Monday morning in a powerful strike against the weapons manufacturer and decades of union-backed concessions. The strike has...
Major pharma & alcohol companies lobbied Congress on cannabis (Newsletter: August 6, 2025)
Marijuana Moment
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August 6, 2025
Senate panel slams Schedule I marijuana & psychedelics limitations; PA senator on legalization; MS ibogaine hearing; TX hemp poll; LSD for dog anxiety Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the...
Twice-deported Mexican national sentenced to prison for illegal reentry
KC Reporter - Missouri
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August 5, 2025
U.S. Attorney Teresa A. Moore | US Attorney - Western District of MissouriU.S. Attorney Teresa A. Moore | US Attorney - Western District of Missouri A Mexican national has been sentenced in Kansas City, Missouri, for unlawfully reentering the...
Agriculture education impacts Lamar’s future this summer
Farm Talk - Kansas
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Ag Moves introduced elementary students to farm animals this summer. Lamar elementary students have enjoyed hands-on lessons about agriculture during enrichment programming this summer. The school partnered with Missouri Farmers Care’s Agriculture...
Former coach and Missouri middle school teacher sentenced for coercing, enticing, and sexually abusing a minor child
Newstalk KZRG - Missouri
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July 16, 2025
TULSA, Okla. – A former coach and middle school teacher was sentenced today for six counts related to child exploitation and sexual abuse of a minor child, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill sentenced Ronald...