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Push to help Missourians with disabilities avoid Medicaid loss awaits governor’s action

2 years 6 months ago

A proposal to help working Missourians with disabilities access affordable health care is among the bills now awaiting action by Gov. Mike Parson. The legislature this year approved a pair of bills that include tweaks to eligibility for the Ticket to Work Health Assurance Program, which provides health insurance through Medicaid to employed adults with […]

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Clara Bates

What does being a patriot or nationalist mean to you?

2 years 6 months ago

As we celebrate the nation’s 247th birthday amid what appears to be intransigent partisan political divides on many fronts, it seems a good time to ponder what patriotism and nationalism means in America today. Are you feeling patriotic or nationalistic as we pause to celebrate this Fourth of July? Which? And if neither, why not? […]

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Janice Ellis

A National Symbol Visits the Fair

2 years 6 months ago
The 1904 World’s Fair included many elements celebrating America’s patriotic spirit. One of the most popular of these was the Liberty Bell, an icon associated with Independence Day that traveled from Philadelphia to St. Louis for the exposition. A Symbol of Unity Starting several decades after the Civil War, Philadelphia permitted the bell to be …
Laura Shimel

New frog sculptures adorn popular Alton roadside flower garden

2 years 6 months ago
Back in May, FOX 2 reported about a frog fountain water feature being stolen or destroyed at roadway flower garden for the fourth time in five years. The frog, nicknamed Fernando, was the centerpiece of a garden residents started in the median of the State Street-Belle Street split.
Andy Banker

7th inning rally lifts Marlins over Cardinals, 5-4

2 years 6 months ago
Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas gave up two runs and four hits in six innings. After giving up all four hits in the first two innings, he retired 14 straight batters and did not allow a runner until back-to-back walks of Garrett Cooper and Jean Segura in the seventh to start the Marlins' rally.
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