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GOP cuts to food assistance would hit rural America especially hard

1 year ago
People in Marsha Keene’s community are already struggling to cover the basics. Most of the clients Keene serves at the Susanna Wesley Family Learning Center in southeast Missouri are working but still rely on federal food assistance to keep up with ever-increasing costs. The center provides a domestic violence shelter, parenting education and summer camps […]
Kevin Hardy

Cuts to Pell Grant will hurt Missouri’s economic growth

1 year ago
Missouri leaders take pride in our reputation as a business-friendly state where cutting edge industries like biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, agtech and geospatial intelligence continue to grow. A new report puts us among the top 10 states for tech manufacturing growth. But proposed federal budget changes could undercut our economic competitiveness by weakening one of our […]
Laura Winter

Thursday, June 5 - A look into legendary house shows in Columbia

1 year ago
You might remember the alt-rock band The All-American Rejects and lead singer Tyson Ritter from their handful of turn of the century hits such as “Dirty Little Secret.” As University of Missouri seniors graduated this spring, the band played the latest in a series of pop-up shows it’s been doing…at people’s houses. We hear what the band, concertgoers and even the police think about this diversion from the current era of arena concerts.

Morning rain Thursday, active pattern continues into weekend forecast

1 year ago
ST. LOUIS - Our slow-moving cold front is lingering over southeast MO and southern IL. There are some pockets of mist/drizzle and some fog developing Thursday morning. Scattered showers and a few storms will continue through the morning hours on Thursday, especially southeast of the metro, closer to the front. The rain shifts east and [...]
Jaime Travers