What Missouri loses when we cut YouthBuild
Job Point’s office in Columbia (photo submitted). I was 16 years old and hadn’t been to school in months. It…
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Kansas City’s gun violence problem looms over World Cup
Security surrounding the World Cup has been a top priority, yet gun violence around the city has continued (Suzanne King/The…
Public universities face escalating involvement from state lawmakers
William J. Samford Hall at Auburn University in in Auburn, Alabama. The Auburn University Board of Trustees earlier this month…
Opioid Settlement Money Pays for Services To Battle Addiction in Rural Kentucky
WHITESBURG, Ky. — Drugs and the consequences of addiction are woven into the fabric of Jamie Madden’s life. Her earliest…
Democrats To Propose Bill Capping Out-of-Pocket Medicare Costs for Enrollees
Sen. Ron Wyden and 14 Democratic co-sponsors plan to introduce legislation Thursday to cap consumers’ potential out-of-pocket costs in traditional…
How young coquí frogs balance the competing demands of growth and fighting disease
Coquí frogs, invasive in Florida and Hawaii, face a fungal pathogen that affects more than 500 species of amphibians. Alberto…
¿Cómo las ranitas coquí jóvenes equilibran las demandas de crecimiento y de combatir enfermedades?
Los coquíes jóvenes, invasores en Florida y Hawái, se enfrentan a un hongo patógeno que afecta a más de 500…
Lunch with ‘mad as a murder hornet’ Trump and US Senate GOP fails to heal divisions
President Donald Trump speaks to the media as U.S. Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Senate Majority Leader John…
Missourians access abortion pills at in-state clinics for first time since 2018
Beginning June 22, Missourians could again access medication abortion for the first time since 2018 following a court ruling striking…
Even in Blue States, Hospitals Have Continued To Drop Gender-Affirming Care for Youths
One afternoon in late 2024, a sixth-grader nicknamed Bug came home from school with an announcement to make. Bug, who…
4 years after Dobbs, advocates clash over how far to take fight for later abortion access
Erika Christensen, left, with her husband, Garin, and her daughter in New York in 2018. Christensen and her husband founded…
Miscarriage management remains muddled four years after Dobbs
Mylissa McNeill, sitting outside her home in Jacksonville, Ark., earlier this year, says she was denied prompt miscarriage care in…
Worried About Your Aging Parents? Welcome to the Caregiving Club
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Missouri parks tax won every county in 2016. Backers worry about crowded primary this year
A streambank stabilization project in southern Callaway County supported by Missouri’s one-tenth cent sales tax for parks and soil and…
Missouri marijuana microbusiness application period to open July 13
An employee of Robust Cannabis shows cannabis grown at their facility in Cuba, Missouri (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent). The application window…
States are changing fire codes to make housing cheaper. Some safety experts are worried
A construction worker balances atop a roof. States and cities are loosening building code requirements in an effort to lower…