Hannah Henderson
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Columbia Missourian
Owen Ramsingh, a green card holder and longtime Columbia resident, faces deportation proceedings due to a drug conviction back when he was a teenager. His absence has taken an emotional toll on the community, which is working to raise awareness.
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Kansas City area school districts are connecting families with food, clothing and other resources after the federal shutdown exacerbated their financial strain. -
A new law capping the amount of THC included in hemp products could be “a death blow” to businesses like Plift and Emerald Med CBD that use them to create alternatives to alcohol and health supplements for doctor’s offices -
Congress extends critical Farm Bill for a third time. It's a relief for farmers, but raises concernsThe federal funding package to reopen the government included a one-year extension of certain 2018 Farm Bill programs. Several expired Sept. 30 or would have been null by the end of the year. -
Baylee Watts, the Missouri Department of Social Services' media director, said in an email that the department is working with its electronic benefits vendor to distribute full November benefits. -
Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes. -
The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office signed a formal agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to issue 48-hour detainers for people held in the county jail. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and more than a dozen sheriff's departments have signed similar deals. -
Mike Corrigan is maintaining a centuries-old craft of making and repairing brass instruments. Musicians from Bruno Mars' band, Lincoln Center's jazz series and others from around the world come to his shop, which is also working to train the next generation. -
Missouri's governor recently authorized the state's National Guard to assist ICE with clerical duties. Black police officers fear the trust they've built with communities of color could take years to rebuild. -
Many are grappling with the financial uncertainty of investing their life savings as they work to make their marijuana businesses a success.
