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Push to pass Missouri anti-trafficking measures: “We are fighting back”
A 2023 study ranks Missouri with the fourth highest rate of human trafficking in the nation. Gov. Mike Parson and Attorney General Andrew Bailey want the Missouri Legislature to pass a proposal that would classify as law a statewide anti-human trafficking task force....
Parson extends Missouri’s drought alert
Missouri is so thirsty for rain that Gov. Mike Parson has extended the state’s drought alert to September. “Issuing a drought alert last spring was quite unprecedented, and unfortunately, the reality is we’re facing conditions worse now than a year ago,” Parson said....
Burlison, Smith, and other GOP U.S. representatives call on Columbia University alumni to cut off funding
U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Missouri 7th District, is the lead author of a letter calling on alumni and donors to Columbia University in New York to cut off funding. The letter follows numerous anti-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protests at the Ivy League school that...
Conservation encouraged by low CWD numbers in deer (LISTEN)
The Missouri Department of Conservation sampled and tested more than 37,000 deer for chronic wasting disease from this past July through April. Out of the 37,000 deer, 162 tested positive. Deb Hudman is the Wildlife Health Program Supervisor at Conservation, and she...
House sponsor talks controversial education package that Missouri Legislature passed (LISTEN)
The Missouri Legislature has passed its second bill of the session – a controversial education package. It would expand access to private schooling, allow Boone County to open charter schools, increase the minimum teacher salary, and restrict four-day school weeks,...
Mizzou’s Robinson goes to Arizona, Chiefs take Texas WR in first night of NFL Draft
As many expected, the Cardinals selected Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. with the fourth overall pick in the NFL Draft last night, but with their second selection, The Cards then took Missouri defensive end Darius Robinson with the 27th pick. Robinson...
Missouri sports betting initiative gains traction
The group “Winning for Missouri Education” has collected over 300,000 signatures in hopes of putting an initiative to legalize sports betting on the ballot. The campaign was launched after the legislature repeatedly failed to legalize sports betting. "The tremendous...
Controversial elements reappear on Senate’s initiative petition proposal
The Missouri Legislature is one step closer to passing a proposal that would make it tougher for voters to change the state Constitution. The House has passed a measure that would require a simple majority plus a majority of votes cast from most of Missouri’s U.S....
Senate committee targets Kansas City over invitation to immigrant workers
A Missouri Senate committee is targeting Kansas City over Mayor Quinton Lucas’s invitation to immigrants to move there and find work. As the Senate Appropriations Committee was finishing up its work on the state budget Wednesday, it added language that would strip...
Whiteman commander discusses the mission to help military kids (LISTEN)
Whiteman Air Force Base is on a mission to help military kids adjust to life in Missouri. Alisa Nelson talks to Colonel Keith Butler, the commander of the base.
Missouri Appeals Judges Makes Courts Into Classrooms (LISTEN)
Missouri Courts are taking civics lessons seriously by bringing the actual courtroom in some cases to the public, schools, and colleges. The courts of appeals on the eastern side of the state are taking a trial to Girls State and Boys State this summer. Chief Judge of...
Missouri House considers bill to ban child marriages
The House is now considering legislation that would ban child marriage in Missouri. The recently passed Senate bill is sponsored by Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder, R-Scott City. She wants to ban marriages for anyone under 18 without exceptions. She told a House committee...
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