The city of Columbia will resume weekly recycling collection next week. KBIA’s Libby Howell has more on the current status of Columbia’s recycling program.
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The Missouri Association of Realtors donated $2 million Monday to defeat Amendment 4, pouring new money into a fight over citizen-led ballot initiatives just days after spending nearly the same amount to oppose a separate tax overhaul on Missouri’s Aug. 4 ballot.
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Forty people in Linn will be able to vote for the next mayor on Tuesday after their April election ballots contained a clerical error.
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The Columbia School Board unanimously approved a $390 million budget for the 2026-2027 school year during a regular session Monday.
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Columbia has scheduled a recycling drop-off event Saturday and will begin to collect weekly curbside recycling trash on June 15.
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Missouri voters in August will decide whether to approve a proposed constitutional amendment allowing for the expansion of sales and use taxes in order to eliminate the income tax.
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As of Monday morning, the Boone County Road and Bridge Department still had five roads shut down and was continuing to closely monitor flooded roads.
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In a previously unpublicized letter to Congress, the newly-departed head of ICE said the agency collects data on people suspected of potentially unlawful activity, which could include protesters.
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The main San Francisco court was one of the busiest in the country, hearing thousands of cases a year. It was also one of the courts most likely to grant an immigrants' asylum application.
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The North Village Park will have accessible parking, ADA compliant sidewalks and have sensory-based playground features.
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The rapid expansion of hyperscale data centers is far outstripping efforts to regulate them in Missouri and other states
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The Planning and Zoning Commission heard suggestions for data center regulations Thursday, the first of many.
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The exhibit was organized by the MU Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy, which plans an opening ceremony Saturday.
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