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Columbia Daily Tribune
City of Columbia ballot shapes up for April 8 municipal election
The ballot for the April 8 municipal election has shaped up. Candidate petition filing deadline was Tuesday and there are at least three candidates for mayor, Jacque Sample is running unopposed for the...
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Columbia Daily Tribune
Columbia, Boone County, MU draft stormwater management update
The City of Columbia, Boone County government and University of Missouri has drafted an update of its joint stormwater management plan and now seeks public comment. The plan update relates to compliance...
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Springfield News-Leader   +3 other publications
Missouri marijuana trade group pushes back on rules meant to stop ‘predatory’ practices
Rebecca Rivas Missouri Independent Missouri cannabis regulators and the state’s largest marijuana trade group agree that people should be banned from flooding the license lottery with applicants they...
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KSHB-TV ABC Kansas City
As KCMO Wellness Court kicks off, peer support specialist is offering a ray of hope
...Court Posted KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Thursday, roughly 30 people went before a judge in Kansas City, Missouri's newly created Wellness Court. It's an option at the municipal court level for those facing ordinance...
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St​. Louis Post Dispatch
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Missouri lawmaker airs plan to ban Chinese-made drones
Kurt Erickson JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri lawmakers, citing security concerns, want to ban the sale of Chinese-made drones. Rep. Josh Hurlbert, R-Smithville, who is sponsoring a proposal in the House, said...
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KSHB-TV ABC Kansas City
Voters will decide whether to sell land to the Ronald McDonald House
...idea to share, you can send Charlie an email at charlie.keegan@kshb.com. — Voters in Kansas City, Missouri, will decide in April whether to sell city parkland to Ronald McDonald House Charities. The council...
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Kirksville Daily Express
Missouri representatives reintroduce bill to hold Postal Service accountable for late bills
...have involved late fees needing to be paid regularly due to bills being delivered late. Multiple municipal utilities have also complained that their bills aren’t arriving to their customers in a timely manner....
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KSDK
Could Indiana actually take counties from Illinois?
...Court of the United States agrees. In the 1907 Hunter v. Pittsburgh, Justice William Moody wrote "Municipal corporations (counties) are political subdivisions of the state, created by it and at all times...
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Perryville Republic-Monitor
Kansas City tenant advocates say city’s rental inspection program is too permissive
...take Healthy Homes seriously they need to see results." In response to the KC Tenants rent strike, City Council members have met with Health Department leaders to discuss strengthening the Healthy Homes...
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Missouri Independent   +1 other publication
Kansas City tenant advocates say city’s rental inspection program is too permissive
...take Healthy Homes seriously they need to see results." In response to the KC Tenants rent strike, City Council members have met with Health Department leaders to discuss strengthening the Healthy Homes...
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KOMU -TV8 Columbia
Here's what you need to know: Friday, Jan. 17
Jefferson City reaffirms commitment to redevelop the Truman Hotel The Jefferson City Council prepares to vote on a plan to help demolish the building and replace it with a new 120-room hotel. The property...
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St​. Louis Review
Columns/Opinions SIRVAN AL SEÑOR CON ALEGRÍA | Podemos cambiar el mundo a través de nuestra oración, sacrificio y testimonio
El Día de Oración por la Protección Legal de los Niños No Nacidos tiene una nueva intensidad en Missouri tras la aprobación de la Enmienda 3 By Arzobispo Mitchell Rozanski Submitted on January 17, 2025...
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KOMU -TV8 Columbia
What's open in mid-Missouri on Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
...close in observance of the federal holiday. Here's what's open in closed in Columbia and across mid-Missouri. What's open and closed in Columbia? City of Columbia offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20,...
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Springfield Daily Citizen
Here’s what Springfield-area leaders are pushing for in Jefferson City
...president of the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, a member organization of the partnership. The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, pictured on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by Jack McGee) In addition to...
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The Kansas City Globe
Mayor Lucas Appoints Director of Public Safety, Additional Senior Staff Positions
Body Kansas City, Mo— Mayor Quinton Lucas on Wednesday announced new members of his office’s leadership team. Following former Director of Public Safety Melesa Johnson’s election to Jackson County Prosecutor,...
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Columbia Daily Tribune
City of Columbia ballot shapes up for April 8 municipal election
The ballot for the April 8 municipal election has shaped up. Candidate petition filing deadline was Tuesday and there are at least three candidates for mayor, Jacque Sample is running unopposed for the...
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Ballwin-Ellisville Patch​.com
​🌱 Trash woes continue in Ballwin after winter storm
...including the ability to remove the county executive, a move criticized by some as overreach. Republican Councilman Mark Harder, from Ballwin, believes County Executive Sam Page's actions led to this situation. ...
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KSHB-TV ABC Kansas City
New Lee's Summit Housing Authority board appointed 2 months after all commissioners resigned
...in November. The executive director resigned in October. The new board members, appointed by the mayor of Lee's Summit, have diverse backgrounds in public service, real estate, non-profit work, budgeting...
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KMOV 4 St​. Louis
St. Louis admits city workers gave bad info and did not plow streets; comptroller asks mayor to brin
...Updated: 4 hours ago St. Louis City man is one of an estimated 50,000 unauthorized immigrants who calls Missouri home Updated: 4 hours ago ‘Beyond the Border: Unauthorized Immigrants in St. Louis’ shows the potential...
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KSHB-TV ABC Kansas City
Voters will decide whether to sell land to the Ronald McDonald House
...idea to share, you can send Charlie an email at charlie.keegan@kshb.com. — Voters in Kansas City, Missouri, will decide in April whether to sell city parkland to Ronald McDonald House Charities. The council...
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Spectrum News St​. Louis
Woman dies defending pet against dog pack, Frustration grows over snow-covered roads and dozens of drivers ticketed under hands-free law
...and ice first hit the region followed by an additional few inches of snow last week. 3. Dozens of Missouri drivers ticketed for phone use, highway patrol says Missourians aren’t prohibited from texting,...
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KSHB-TV ABC Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri, looks for $1M to fund off-duty police to curb break-ins
...Poké, a River Market restaurant, was broken into early on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. Posted and last updated KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After months of break-ins at businesses in Kansas...
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KSHB-TV ABC Kansas City
River Market business group bands together to hire private security firm
Posted and last updated KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As Kansas City, Missouri, officials announce additional police resources and funding, a group of businesses in the River Market has banded together to consolidate...
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St​. Joseph News Press
Landfill Task Force recommends 30% monthly waste reduction for haulers
...on the brink of shutting down. The city also hopes that a request for emergency storage with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources will create more short term flexibility. Stay with us as we continue...
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St​. Louis Post Dispatch
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St. Louis woman grabs shovel to fend off pit bulls. Then they killed her mom.
..."confiscate and destroy" a vicious dog if the dog kills a person, said Conner Kerrigan, a spokesman for Mayor Tishaura O. Jones. The city has to follow a procedure before euthanizing the dogs. Under Missouri...
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KMMO-AM 1300 Marshall
ODESSA ALDERMEN RECONSIDER BILL FOR I-70 BRIDGE SIGNAGE
The Odessa Board of Aldermen revisited a bill to enter into a cost apportionment agreement with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to add Odessa’s name to bridge structures over Interstate-70....
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Construction Forum St​. Louis
Woman on a Mission: Video Interview With Airport Director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge
...transportation for the next three or four decades. Lambert Executive Director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, a Missouri Bootheel native, graduated from the University of Missouri in 1982. She had a degree concentration...
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KTTN Trenton
Public hearings planned for Trenton re-zoning and permits
...This location is next door to their current operation at 403 East Eighth Court, for which the Trenton City Council approved a similar permit in May. The First Assembly of God Church has filed a request for...
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St​. Louis Post Dispatch
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St. Louis County Council worked years to overpower Page. Newest move is boldest yet
...written and applied over the years, it's really skewed toward the executive branch," Republican Councilman Dennis Hancock, of Fenton, told the Post-Dispatch. "Since the council is supposed to be a coequal...
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Platte County Landmark
Trump’s America, Missouri legislature
...Trump be president? I suppose he will run against Chelsea Clinton or one of those Obama girls. The Missouri legislature is back on the clock and that always makes me a little queasy. This session is very likely...
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Missouri Lawyers Weekly
Rudy Giuliani reaches settlement to resolve dispute over Florida home and World Series rings
...assets instead of turning them over. Among them was his condominium in Palm Beach, Florida. The former mayor says he established residence there in January 2024, but lawyers for the election workers say he continued...
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Platte County Landmark
Parkville adopts new site, landscape standards
...fertilizers. "We believe that sustainable development is essential for the future of our city," said Mayor Dean Katerndahl. "These new standards will help us preserve and enhance a more beautiful, resilient,...
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Platte County Landmark
City to seek grant for bleacher improvements
...Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and safer for those utilizing the bleachers," wrote Tom Cole, city administrator, in a report to aldermen. Cole said the city would be required to provide funds in the...
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Lee's Summit Tribune
Lee’s Summit City Council Meeting
The Lee’s Summit City Council met January 14 to discuss these issues. Religious Freedom Day Proclamation Mayor Baird issued a proclamation declaring Jan. 16 as National Religious Freedom Day, celebrating...
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KMMO-AM 1300 Marshall
GLASGOW SURVEYING SEWER LINES, APPROVE RATE INCREASE
...Cleaning and Camera of Kansas City will help the city map and determine the quality of their sewers lines. City administrator Robert Snider tells KMMO News that the crew will survey the lines currently between Commerce...
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Perryville Republic-Monitor
Kansas City tenant advocates say city’s rental inspection program is too permissive
...take Healthy Homes seriously they need to see results." In response to the KC Tenants rent strike, City Council members have met with Health Department leaders to discuss strengthening the Healthy Homes...
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Missouri Independent   +1 other publication
Kansas City tenant advocates say city’s rental inspection program is too permissive
...take Healthy Homes seriously they need to see results." In response to the KC Tenants rent strike, City Council members have met with Health Department leaders to discuss strengthening the Healthy Homes...
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Kansas City Star
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Kansas City law must protect formerly incarcerated people from discrimination | Opinion
...discriminate against people with a criminal history. I see no reason why it shouldn’t. On Thursday, the City Council was expected to vote on an ordinance that would add — much like people of color or members...
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Columbia Daily Tribune
City of Columbia ballot shapes up for April 8 municipal election
The ballot for the April 8 municipal election has shaped up. Candidate petition filing deadline was Tuesday and there are at least three candidates for mayor, Jacque Sample is running unopposed for the...
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KMIZ-TV (ABC 17) Columbia   +1 other publication
University of Missouri pushes for budget increase, highlights priorities at alumni forum
Mitchell Kaminski/KMIZ University of Missouri System President Mun Choi (middle) is seen at the 23rd annual legislative forum on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. The Boone County Mizzou Alumni Association hosted...
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St​. Joseph News Press
Trump wants to cut taxes. So do governors and lawmakers in some states
...more. The movement for more tax cuts comes after most states already have slashed income, sales or property taxes in recent years, and it's pressing ahead even though state revenue growth has been slowing...
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Spectrum News St​. Louis
Woman dies defending pet against dog pack, Frustration grows over snow-covered roads and dozens of drivers ticketed under hands-free law
...and ice first hit the region followed by an additional few inches of snow last week. 3. Dozens of Missouri drivers ticketed for phone use, highway patrol says Missourians aren’t prohibited from texting,...
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St​. Louis Post Dispatch
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St. Louis County Council worked years to overpower Page. Newest move is boldest yet
...written and applied over the years, it's really skewed toward the executive branch," Republican Councilman Dennis Hancock, of Fenton, told the Post-Dispatch. "Since the council is supposed to be a coequal...
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Business 
 
KSMU Radio
Midwest Newsroom's Unhoused/Unschooled series investigates federal law designed to support homeless students
...Unhoused/Unschooled. KSMU's Gregory Holman interviewed Midwest Newsroom reporter Kavahn Mansouri on how the taxpayer-funded system struggles to care for vulnerable kids, especially in rural communities. Haven’t heard of the...
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Branson Tri-Lakes News
Ozark Electric Cooperative customers to see rate increase
...do, expensive to do, but we need it because it's a vital part of our system that feeds Cape Fair, Missouri, in that region. So, you know, those operational costs are there. So, that helps drive what we're...
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KTTN Trenton
Newtown-Harris approves snow removal flat fee and adjusts budget plans
...The board approved the purchase of $2 million in supplemental umbrella insurance coverage from the Missouri United School Insurance Council at an annual cost of $525. To support ongoing projects, the board...
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Phelps County Focus
Appeals court upholds $23M judgment against Missouri DSS in contract dispute
The Western District of Missouri Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a $23 million ruling against the Department of Social Services for breach of contract. The appeals court sided with EngagePoint, a technology...
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St​. Joseph News Press
Rural Missouri communities help monarch butterflies with or without federal listing
...their land, said Emily Althoff, urban entomologist with a joint appointment at the University of Missouri and Lincoln University. "Sometimes there's some hesitancy on the side of, ‘What does this mean for...
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KSHB-TV ABC Kansas City
What are data centers and why are they building in Kansas City?
Posted KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One of Kansas City's largest developments in 2025 is well underway in the Northland — the Google data center campus. But what is a data center and why are so many building their...
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Fulton Sun
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Missouri prison deaths increase, bringing renewed calls for scrutiny
Today at 4:00 a.m. by The Missouri Independent Photo submitted: Brandon Pace died April 7, 2023, at the Tipton Correctional Center. Deaths in Missouri prisons hit a new high in 2024. The preliminary...
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Platte County Landmark
Missouri Sunshine Coalition has new executive director
AND JASON MAKI CONTINUES ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS The new year brings new leadership to the Missouri Sunshine Coalition, a statewide nonprofit dedicated to promoting government transparency and education...
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680 KFEQ
I-229 reconfiguration takes big step forward
...step has been cleared in the redesign of the I-229 double decker bridge in downtown St. Joseph. Missouri Department of Transportation District Design Engineer Shannon Kusilek says the findings by the federal...
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stjosephpost​.com (Blog)
I-229 reconfiguration takes big step forward
...step has been cleared in the redesign of the I-229 double decker bridge in downtown St. Joseph. Missouri Department of Transportation District Design Engineer Shannon Kusilek says the findings by the federal...
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BUZ Como
Medical marijuana sales hit $200 million in Missouri
Fourteen months after the first sale to a qualified patient occurred in a Missouri medical marijuana dispensary, the total sales as part of the state-regulated medical marijuana program reached the $200...
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Springfield Daily Citizen
Chick-fil-A to open in west Springfield, 6th to open in Queen City
...newsletters, invitations to special events, and more. Don’t have an account yet? Register here. The Queen City is getting its sixth Chick-fil-A restaurant, which will open on West Sunshine Street in late 2025 or...
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