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Federal health agency says emergency abortion care guidance doesn’t reflect administration policy

3 months 1 week ago
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has rescinded guidance issued in July 2022 that emphasized hospitals are responsible for providing emergency abortion care despite state bans, saying it does not reflect the Trump administration’s policy. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is a federal law requiring hospitals that accept Medicare funding to […]
Kelcie Moseley-Morris

Missouri governor allows more spending, property tax cap as he pursues stadium deal

3 months 1 week ago
Gov. Mike Kehoe expanded the agenda of the special session Wednesday enough to win Missouri Senate passage of bills with money for disaster recovery in St. Louis, changes to property taxes policies and tax incentives to finance new or improved stadiums in Kansas City.  Initially scheduled to go in at 10 a.m., the Senate finally […]
Rudi Keller

GOP cuts to food assistance would hit rural America especially hard

3 months 1 week 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

3 months 1 week 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

3 months 1 week 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.