River Town Episode 3 is out now! Join host Tina Casagrand Foss, the founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief of The New Territory magazine. In this episode of River Town, we’re going to meet River Town’s youngest upstanding citizens, learn what people are doing to protect our waterways from pollution, and what’s happening in Missouri water policy right now.
This project is a collaboration between KBIA, The Columbia Missourian, The Missouri News Network, Mississippi Basin Ag and Water Desk, The New Territory Magazine, and PRX.
This project is a collaboration between KBIA, The Columbia Missourian, The Missouri News Network, Mississippi Basin Ag and Water Desk, The New Territory Magazine, and PRX.
The trend was already underway when the COVID-19 pandemic pushed rural and small-town nursing homes to close permanently. Yet, some communities are finding ways today to re-envision nursing homes while keeping staff at the forefront.
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St. Louis’ school district is offering to pay some families to drive their kids to school as part of an effort to offset a shortage of bus drivers.
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“The subcommittee identified issues like inadequate case assessments and families declining services, leading to case closures,” a state report states.
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The Federal Reimbursement Allowance, which is a tax on hospitals, ambulance districts, nursing homes and pharmacies, is set to expire at the end of September. The Senate gave it initial approval early Thursday morning after more than 40 hours of filibustering by the Missouri Freedom Caucus.
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Lawmakers are weighing multiple bills that would bar developers from seizing land to build wind and solar farms
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The executive order will expire on May 30, unless it is terminated or extended.
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Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages held a Jefferson City rally as it submitted 210,000 signatures to the Secretary of State.
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From sparking the imagination to helping with mental health, listen to poems read by NPR readers and see how poetry has affected their lives.
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Katie Ledecky is used to getting medals, having earned 10 at the Olympics. But on Friday she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award a civilian can get from the U.S. government.
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Hicks was a communications director for the Trump White House and prosecutors questioned her on her knowledge of the deals made during his first presidential run.
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Attention area golfers! Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries is hosting a golf tournament fundraiser at The Country Club of Missouri later this month, and you're invited. Today's guest, Joe Knight, says every dollar raised will go towards supporting Coyote Hill's mission of giving foster care children "a safe place to be a child." May 3, 2024
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Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office argues the three Republican lawmakers are protected by ‘legislative immunity’.
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In this episode of River Town, we’re going to meet River Town’s youngest upstanding citizens, learn what people are doing to protect our waterways from pollution, and what’s happening in Missouri water policy right now.
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Genesis Charter School in Kansas City will stay open, despite the Missouri State Board of Education's attempt to revoke its charter.
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A roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom.
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The April At Sea Exhibit (4-5-2024 through 4-27-2024) features Maritime Prints & Paintings from 1803-Present
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