Michele Skalicky
The governor spoke at the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce "State of the State" at Great Southern Bank Arena.
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Eric Thayer/Getty ImagesFederal subsidies that have helped defray insurers' Medicare drug costs will disappear at the end of the year. Millions of beneficiaries could face higher premiums in 2027. -
The Federal Reserve met to set U.S. interest rates, but this time, investors are unsure what to expect with Kevin Warsh, the new Federal Reserve Chairman, at the helm.
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Republicans threatened repercussions after Anthony Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment rather than answer questions during a contentious Senate hearing on Covid-19.
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Wisconsin election officials recently warned voters that betting on the midterms could disqualify their vote, or result in prosecution. That prompted legal threats from the prediction market Kalshi.
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Nutrition advocates and public health experts are mystified by the decision to eliminate the landmark nutrition education program SNAP-Ed.
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The United Nations Security Council will begin straw polls Thursday to whittle down the field of candidates for the next U.N. secretary-general. Seven candidates are running to replace António Guterres.
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Multiple large wildfires continue burning in Colorado. Big, seasonal "monsoon" rains are helping, but it's been so dry for so long that they're having less impact than in previous years.
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Bodycam footage and texts show immigration agents using slurs about Latinos targeted in Los Angeles raids. The ACLU uncovered the evidence in its lawsuit alleging racial profiling.
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NPR staffers talk about some of their favorite video games to come out so far this year.
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Volunteers at a Maryland senior living community bring back letter writing in a unique pen pal program.
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Wildfires in central and eastern Oregon are prompting evacuations and forcing ranchers to scramble to move cattle and find feed as public range land burns. More than a million acres have burned so far. Most fires have little or no containment. -
President Trump is trying to remove environmental protections at another national monument in the Southwest, Chaco Canyon National Historical Park. A coalition of tribes are trying to prevent that.
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Dozens of people who grew up around Philadelphia learned decades later they shared the same biological father, a pioneering infertility doctor. Many bonded, created a family and hold reunions.
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Texas floods faced a new threat in addition to water damage: runaway buoys. About 600 metal border buoys floated free in floodwaters. Some hit columns supporting the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, which was shut down.
