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Missouri continues to struggle with its pregnancy-related death toll

Port authorities have been sprouting up along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers as communities attempt to make the most out of navigation. The state has added two more port authorities to the 17 it already had, in order to better handle barge traffic on both rivers. Levi Woods, Freight and Waterways Administrator for the Missouri Department of Transportation, said upgrades made by the Army Corps of Engineers have made both rivers easier to navigate.

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A higher minimum wage and paid sick leave for all Missouri workers will be on the state’s general election ballot in November. Proposition A would increase the minimum wage from the current $12.30 per hour to $15 per hour by 2026, along with annual wage increases based upon national economic measures.

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Whiteman Air Force Base in western Missouri has been waiting for news about whether it will get the future B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber. That news has finally come.

Over one million dollars has been awarded to a Lincoln University professor for a new solar cropping project that can reduce operational costs and help alleviate climate change.

U.S. Capitol (Photo courtesy of Carah Hart, Brownfield Ag News)

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The Missouri Department of Transportation has lowered the speed limit along the stretch of Interstate 70 where work is underway to expand the highway to six lanes. Jeff Gander, Director of Phase One of the Improve I-70 project, said the speed limit is now 55 miles per hour from Mile Marker 136 to Mile Marker […]