That's a wrap!
Check out the final episode of KBIA's Views of the News. The show brought weekly roundtable discussions about the media since the 1990s. Current Hosts Amy Simons and regular panelists Kathy Kiely and Earnest Perry from the Missouri School of Journalism give one final roundtable discussion, this time talking World Press Freedom, Pulitzers, TikTok, and Kim Godwin's retirement.
Check out the final episode of KBIA's Views of the News. The show brought weekly roundtable discussions about the media since the 1990s. Current Hosts Amy Simons and regular panelists Kathy Kiely and Earnest Perry from the Missouri School of Journalism give one final roundtable discussion, this time talking World Press Freedom, Pulitzers, TikTok, and Kim Godwin's retirement.
Solar flares are causing a geomagnetic storm that should make it possible for Kansas City and other cities in the middle of the country to see the aurora borealis, which can usually only be glimpsed in northern latitudes. The best views are expected around midnight.
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A cyberattack on the Ascension health system forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances.
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The Department of Social Services’ call center issues ultimately denied eligible Missourians meaningful access to benefits, a judge found.
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The head of the agency that oversees the Missouri Children’s Division says he wants investigators to treat evidence of fentanyl as an imminent danger to kids.
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Near Eagle Pass, Texas, on Wednesday, the Missouri governor and top general of the Missouri National Guard touted the bill, which funds the deployment for 200 troops and 22 highway patrol officers.
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Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill to once again try to kick Planned Parenthood out of the state’s Medicaid program. Parson signed the legislation Thursday in his Jefferson City Capitol office. According to Planned Parenthood, only Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas have successfully blocked Medicaid funding for the organization.
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The juvenile justice framework intended for youth rehabilitation has caused frustration among those involved — including parents left to feel hopeless and in limbo.
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The U.S. Treasury ran a surplus last month, thanks in part to the April 15th tax deadline. But the federal government is still expected to end the year more than $1.5 trillion in the red.
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Olivia and Liam are the most popular baby names in the U.S. for the fifth consecutive year, according to an annual tally by the Social Security Administration.
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Northern lights were visible in parts of the southern United States after a solar storm slammed into earth. It could disrupt some communications and navigation systems like GPS.
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Water is life. It gets us places. Connects us to each other. It holds history and tradition. It keeps all these things, and us, alive. History, and modern stories, show us this. For this episode, we explored these connections by documenting modern Indigenous relationships to the Missouri River and other sacred waters, caught a boat ride with historian and author Greg Olson, and observed a water blessing at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
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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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