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 grant awarded to NextGen Precision Health Institute by the ALS Association will give $400,000 over 4 years to NextGen researchers to help them reach more rural patients.
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The law targets a plan by KC Recycle & Waste Solutions to build a landfill at Kansas City’s southern border. For more than a year, Raymore and other suburban municipalities have pushed legislation designed to block the landfill, arguing it would hurt the environment, property values and residents’ health.
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The $156 million is part of the federal Inflation Reduction Act's Solar for All program.
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A Missouri panel found that fentanyl deaths among Missouri babies, toddlers and teens spiked as child welfare officials struggled to adequately investigate the cases.
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A bill that would improve health care access for Missouri women almost died in the House after some Republican lawmakers falsely conflated birth control with abortion medication. Now, GOP infighting in the Senate could derail it from becoming law.
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Republican Scott Fitzpatrick said his staff has tried to contact Gardner for months, but "it appears she has willfully evaded our many efforts to obtain information that only she can provide."
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The Biden administration is finally wrapping up its review of President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports. It will keep those tariffs, and add more on things like electric vehicles.
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Pomp and circumstance again fall victim to circumstance for some students in the graduating class of 2024, as protests over the war in Gaza threaten to disrupt commencement ceremonies.
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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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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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A roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom.
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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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"8,200 have been awarded since 1983 from 500 communities, 11 countries, 48 states. I mean, it's an amazing honor to be awarded the ATHENA." -- Karen Miller, past ATHENA honoree | Karen joins us alongside Jade Poe, director of the Women's Network, Columbia Chamber of Commerce May 9, 2024
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In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Derek Bowens, the Elections Director in Durham County, North Carolina.They spoke about crafting narratives to help election administrators share and showcase the need for local investment in elections and about the importance of having election administrators that represent and reflect the voters they serve.
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The April At Sea Exhibit (4-5-2024 through 4-27-2024) features Maritime Prints & Paintings from 1803-Present
Sager | Reeves 2024 April Exhibit
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