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The Kansas City science editor, Charles Spenser walking through how citizens in Kansas and Missouri can find and use FEMA flood maps.
s could see energy bill rise under cap-and-trade
According to a study commissioned by AmerenUE , federal cap-and-trade legislation would cause Missourians' energy rates to increase by more than $200 annually if the state doesn't take steps to improve current energy procedures.
MammogramOur Best Defense against Breast Cancer
Gail Carlson, MPH, Ph.D., former state health education specialist, Nutritional Sciences, University of Missouri Extension Mammograms can be uncomfortable; some women find them down right painful.
GIPSA Grain Inspection Advisory Committee to Hold Meeting on Nov. 17-18 in Kansas City, MO
Washington, DCa 'The USDA, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 's Grain Inspection Advisory Committee will meet November 17-18, 2009, in Kansas City, Missouri.
LETTER: Cutting online school program unfair to students already enrolled
Although the Oct. 29 article about budget cuts doesn't mention it, I feel the state's budget cuts are unethical when it comes to Missouri Virtual Instruction Program students.
Missouri Department of Corrections calls prison population boom no problem
An all-time high number of inmates in Missouri prisons has officials searching for the reasons.
News from alternative media around Kansas for November 2, 2009. Kansas House leaders question secretary of commerce's departure to Missouri "The Republican leadership of the Kansas House is questioning the timing of former Kansas Secretary of Commerce David Kerr's resignation to take a job as the director of the Department of Economic Development ...
Mayor Hindman plans Columbia, Maryland, visit to talk bicycles
Columbia, Mo., and Columbia, Md. , have a few things in common. Most noticeably, they have the same name.
Kansas City Entity Awarded $35 Million in New Markets Tax Credits
The Kansas City, Missouri Community Development CDE , a community development entity of the City of Kansas City, Mo., has been awarded $35 million in New Markets Tax Credit allocation authority under the seventh round of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund's New Markets Tax Credit Program.
Empire seeks nearly 20 percent rate hike
Globe/Roger Nomer Mike Hurlbert, operations assistant, monitors plant operations Thursday at Empire District Electric Co.A's Asbury Power Plant.
Nixon announces $200M in additional budget cuts
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon cut an additional $204 million from Missouri's budget Wednesday and eliminated nearly 700 jobs in attempt to offset a continued decline in state tax revenues.
When the 15-year-old joined his friends in stealing a car this summer, he didn't have a clue what karma meant, or how his crime would affect the car's owner - or even his own mother.
Eastern Missouri towna s anti-meth law working, police say
Sales of decongestants containing pseudoephedrine the key ingredient for making methamphetamine have plummeted in Washington, Mo., since a city ordinance began requiring prescriptions.
Priest killing arrest...Missouri murder charge...Open-source code
A janitor is under arrest, charged with murdering a priest whose body was found in the rectory of his northern New Jersey church.
Senate Likely To Consider Various Versions Of Public Option
The Senate will consider several versions of a government-run public health insurance option in the chamber's upcoming debate on a health care bill, a Democratic senator predicted Sunday.
Obama declares flu emergency...Teen charged in girl's murder...Indonesia quakes
President Barack Obama has declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency.
First responders to receive more than $455,000
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill announced today that the state of Missouri has been awarded a total of $455,470 in federal grant money through the U.S. Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness grant program.
RCGA Leaders Impressed With I-64 Progress During Special Tour
MoDOT Director Pete Rahn, left, conducts a briefing about the I-64 project. Missouri Department of Transportation Director Pete Rahn led a group of RCGA Board and Leadership Circle members on a special tour this past Wednesday of the new I-64 for an up-close, advanced look at the eastern portion of the project opening later this year.
Missouri Governor Encourages U.S. Secretary of Interior to Reject...
Jay Nixon is urging U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to reject the proposed diversion of water from the Missouri River basin into the Red River Valley, and to instead support an alternative that relies on using existing Red River resources.
Kinder's Scary Medicare Projections Only Off By 400%
Peter Kinder's new YouTube belly-flop , at its core, is focused the fact that expanding Medicare eligibility in Missouri is going to cost some money.
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