KBIA Newscast

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Farmers talk drought at MU field day
• State House candidates face off in Columbia
• Nixon vetoes controversial contraception bill
  

Regional News coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Governor Nixon vetoes 10 bills - including a controversial one involving insurance coverage for contraception
• Two Columbia soldiers have died in the last 5 days
• The city of Columbia is proposing major changes to benefits for future city employees

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Governor Nixon signing legislation aiming to protect senior citizens and the disabled from financial exploitation
• Rep. Vicky Hartzler weighs in on the vote to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act
• Major changes to the process farmers use to apply for low interest loans during a drought
• Research at Washington University could help diagnose early onset Alzheimer's Disease more than a decade before it occurs.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon takes unclear stance on Medicaid expansion
• Mo. House panel researches state's transportation needs
• Vice President Joe Biden rallies support for Mo. Sen. Claire McCaskill at fundraiser

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Work to resume at damaged Mo. levee
• Report finds new federal health care law could cover two thirds of Mo. uninsured
• Third person electrocuted at Lake of the Ozarks

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson to be sentenced today
• Hardee's to stop buying pork from producers who use gestation crates
• Water use in Columbia is on the rise this summer

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder filing another law suit against a healthcare measure.
• Missouri's Military History Museum gets some updates
• Gov. Nixon signs Mo. license plate, higher ed fund bill

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Former Mo Governor Roger Wilson is expected to ask for probation on federal finance fraud charges.
• MO Sen. Claire McCaskill finally weighs in on the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act
• Governor Nixon signs a bill into law limiting the hours employees can work at mental health facilities

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Kirksville School District approves budget after losing nearly $800,000 in federal funds
• Mo. refinances $500 million of bonds
• How the drought affects Missouri vineyards

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• An update on which cities will have their fireworks displays tonight, and which won't because of dry conditions.
• Mo Republicans cry foul over Secretary of State's ballot summaries
• A story from a 4th of July event put on by Mormon Congregations in Columbia