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Rural Missourians voted heavily in support of medical marijuana legalization in 2018 and seem to have welcomed it readily into their communities. Come November, they could be the deciding votes on an adult-use marijuana legalization amendment.
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The Stockton-based boarding school faces mounting allegations of staff physically and sexually abusing students, but its doors have remained open even as the Missouri Attorney General and local prosecutors pursue criminal charges. -
There's a temporary free-for-all at Ellis City Lake, where the same hideous drought that's killing western Kansas crops is poised to kill the fish. So many of the usual limits on fishing have been lifted to harvest fish before they die.
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Kansas hospital spending grew 13% in 2020, at a faster rate than the national average. That could mean higher health insurance premiums.
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Farmers die by suicide at a higher rate than the general population. That’s leading Midwestern states to train bankers, veterinarians and agribusiness professionals to be the new front line of defense against farm stress.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture spent $7.4 billion dollars on two of its conservation programs in recent years, but a report from an environmental group found a very small percentage of that money went to practices that help fight climate change.
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Voters throughout Missouri will see a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot that would specifically require Kansas City to give 25% of its annual revenue to the KCPD, an increase of 5%. But because Kansas City lacks local control over its police, the city's elected officials have little say about how that money is spent.
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Missouri's governor put up display for hunger awareness after giving up chance to feed poor studentsMissouri is the only state that chose not to participate in a federal program allowing parents and kids in low-income areas to pick up free meals and take them home — resulting in a dramatic drop in the number of meals distributed to low-income children.
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Doe Run wants to mine more land underneath the Mark Twain National Forest in southeastern Missouri. But the company has been criticized by environmentalists for decades, and has also been involved in tax disputes with local school districts in recent years.
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The prison system announced the change after the Kansas News Service pointed out possible issues.
