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			<news:title>Abortion is on the ballot again in Missouri as post-Roe policies continue to evolve nationwide</news:title>
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		<loc>https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-09-28/grain-sorghum-drought-food</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-09-28T05:00:18-04:00</lastmod>
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			<news:title>Sorghum is a drought-tolerant option for farmers, if Americans eat it</news:title>
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		<loc>https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-09-28/railroads-are-charging-more-to-ship-grain-u-s-farmers-may-have-to-pick-up-the-tab</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-09-28T05:00:56-04:00</lastmod>
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			<news:title>Railroads are charging more to ship grain. U.S. farmers may have to pick up the tab</news:title>
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		<loc>https://www.kcur.org/health/2026-09-28/140-000-missourians-are-at-risk-of-losing-medicaid-coverage-under-a-new-rule-one-enrollee-is-suing</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-09-28T05:01:13-04:00</lastmod>
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			<news:title>140,000 Missourians are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage under a new rule. One enrollee is suing</news:title>
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		<loc>https://www.kcur.org/news/2026-09-29/kansas-city-star-layoffs-journalism-local-government</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-09-29T05:00:21-04:00</lastmod>
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			<news:title>Kansas City Star layoffs left the region with even less government accountability. It may get worse</news:title>
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		<loc>https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-27/as-congress-debates-college-sports-athletes-turned-senators-have-a-seat-at-the-table</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-09-28T09:49:22-04:00</lastmod>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-09-28T09:49:22-04:00</news:publication_date>
			<news:title>As Congress debates college sports, athletes-turned-senators like Eric Schmitt get in the game</news:title>
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		<loc>https://www.kcur.org/health/2026-09-28/missouri-amendment-3-abortion-ban-criminal</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-09-29T10:24:27-04:00</lastmod>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-09-28T10:14:13-04:00</news:publication_date>
			<news:title>Anti-abortion divide could complicate Missouri Amendment 3 campaign to reinstate ban</news:title>
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		<loc>https://www.kcur.org/health/2026-09-29/missouri-first-midwifery-school-opens-ferguson-jamaa-birth-village</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-09-29T05:00:19-04:00</lastmod>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T05:00:00-04:00</news:publication_date>
			<news:title>Missouri's first midwifery school opens in Ferguson, teaching African and modern birth methods</news:title>
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		<loc>https://www.kcur.org/2026-09-28/should-the-kansas-bureau-of-investigation-leave-topeka-one-lawmaker-says-its-an-option</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-09-28T13:47:31-04:00</lastmod>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-09-28T13:43:00-04:00</news:publication_date>
			<news:title>Should the Kansas Bureau of Investigation leave Topeka? One lawmaker says it’s an option</news:title>
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		<loc>https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-28/andrew-bailey-fbi-missouri-attorney-general</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-09-28T14:41:40-04:00</lastmod>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-09-28T14:38:14-04:00</news:publication_date>
			<news:title>Former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey leaves FBI post after just one year</news:title>
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		<loc>https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2026-09-29/kansas-city-affordable-housing-by-right</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-09-29T05:00:45-04:00</lastmod>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T05:00:00-04:00</news:publication_date>
			<news:title>Kansas City, Kansas, could get more affordable housing units built under this new state law</news:title>
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		<loc>https://www.kcur.org/2026-09-29/fort-hays-state-confirms-it-will-close-sternberg-museum-citing-cuts-in-state-funding</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-09-29T10:16:18-04:00</lastmod>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T04:19:20-04:00</news:publication_date>
			<news:title>A beloved western Kansas natural history museum will close because of university budget cuts</news:title>
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		<loc>https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-29/missouri-republicans-amendment-6-proposition-a-election</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-09-29T10:11:16-04:00</lastmod>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T10:11:16-04:00</news:publication_date>
			<news:title>Missouri Republicans scramble to launch late campaigns on ballot measures they tried to block</news:title>
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		<loc>https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-09-29/roger-marshall-defamation-patient-arrested-adam-hamilton</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-09-29T13:33:58-04:00</lastmod>
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			<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T13:33:58-04:00</news:publication_date>
			<news:title>Sen. Roger Marshall alleges defamation by ad about former Kansas patient arrested in debt</news:title>
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