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Mo. Senate, House Committees Defeat Medicaid Expansion Plans

A Republican-led Missouri Senate committee has defeated a plan to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care law.The Senate Appropriations Committee rejected the legislation on a...

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Rural Reads: Redneck reality, Obama's budget and critical access hospitals

Every Friday, KBIA's Health & Wealth Desk talks about the week's most interesting articles and reports on rural health, wealth and society issues. 'Redneck reality' and rural portrayal in cable...

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Mo. House Passes Bill Criminalizing Enforcement Of Federal Gun Laws

The Missouri House has passed legislation that declares any future federal ban on semi-automatic weapons or large capacity clips is "unenforceable" in Missouri.House Bill 170 also makes it a felony,...

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President Obama signs Mo. disaster declaration

President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster declaration after severe storms struck Missouri from May 29 to June 10.

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Nixon, Obama to travel to Warrensburg

Gov. Jay Nixon is joining President Barack Obama during the president's upcoming visit to the University of Central Missouri.Obama is traveling Wednesday to the Warrensburg school and to Galesburg,...

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Obama talks economy, education at University of Central Missouri

The President discussed an American economy that's turning around, comparing where the country was five years ago to today. Obama says the basic American bargain of hard work paying off is alive again...

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Rodeo clown at Missouri State Fair wore Obama mask

  This story is updatingPeople and politicians are speaking out against an incident at the the Missouri State Fair on Saturday. A clown wearing a President Barack Obama mask appeared at a rodeo this...

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Obama to visit Kansas City area

Missouri's automotive industry will be getting renewed attention this week when President Barack Obama visits a Ford Motor Co. plant near Kansas City.Obama is scheduled to travel Friday to Ford's new...

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PM Newscast for September 18, 2013

  Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:MU Provost Brian Foster to retireAn update on the 9-1-1 call centerState Sen. Kurt Schaefer to run for Attorney General

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Obama nominates Ronnie White for federal judgeship in Mo.

Former Missouri Supreme Court Judge Ronnie White has been nominated for a seat on the U.S. District Court.White's nomination Thursday by President Barack Obama marks a third chance for him to become a...

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Mo. passed over in 2012 presidential campaign

The 2012 presidential campaign has been unlike anything Missouri voters have seen in quite some time. Or perhaps "not seen" is a better description.Neither Democratic President Barack Obama nor...

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An outside look into the United States presidential race

In just a few days, we’ll find out whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will be leading the world’s most powerful country for the next four years.   While Americans are eager to leave the grueling...

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Analysis: Missouri voters stick with status quo

The status quo has got to go? Not in Missouri.Based on election results this past week, Missouri voters might be better described as gung ho for the status quo.

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Mo. Senate panel adopts bill nullifying gun laws

A Missouri Senate panel is trying to prevent the enforcement in the state of President Barack Obama's executive orders on gun control.

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Years in the making, new farm bill becomes law

President Barak Obama signed the new farm bill into law Friday at Michigan State University in East Lansing, ending years of negotiations and wrangling.With farm equipment, hay bales and crates of...

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Obama mocks Akin, Missouri GOP candidates remain quiet

President Barack Obama is mocking Senate candidate Todd Akin of Missouri for his remarks about a woman's body being able to avoid pregnancy during what Akin called a "legitimate rape."Obama told a...

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Live Blog: Thursday At The Democratic National Convention

Good evening from Charlotte. Tonight during the last day of the Democratic National Convention, President Obama will accept his party's nomination.It will be a star-studded evening with performances...

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Obama to accept nomination Thursday night

President Barack Obama will take the stage tonight (Thursday) in Charlotte, North Carolina, to cap the Democratic National Convention.  In 2008, Obama narrowly lost in Missouri. 

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Fact Checkers Ding Obama And Biden For Some Spinning

"We heard some facts being spun" Thursday night when President Obama and Vice President Biden gave their acceptance speeches at the Democratic National Convention, report the watchdogs at...

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Commentary: The Democratic National Convention

I again asked students in my American Political Parties class at Columbia College if President Obama’s acceptance speech was a success and if it changed their minds about him.  Of the six who sought...

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Spence linking Nixon to Obama in Mo. gov's race

Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence has begun running a TV ad linking Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to President Barack Obama.The ad that began airing Tuesday criticizes the Democratic governor...

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Debate this: Which presidential candidate is better for agriculture?

The presidential candidates have yet to meet in a face-to-face debate. But last week in Des Moines, Iowa, ag leaders witnessed a preview of sorts during a Presidential Forum on Agriculture held in...

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State and local party leaders discuss first of three presidential debates

Missouri Democratic and Republican strategists weighed in on the campaign trail for their parties after Wednesday night's first Presidential debate.

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Different format could change the tone of second presidential debate

In another face-off between the presidential candidates, the format for tomorrow’s debate might create a different tone in the discussion.An expert at MU said the second Presidential Debate could be a...

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Debates draw MU students to nonpartisan campus watch parties

More than a hundred MU students gathered on campus for last night’s presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Presidential candidate and former Governor Mitt Romney.Several MU student...

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Obama wants trust between police and communities

President Barack Obama says he wants to make sure that federal programs that provide Pentagon equipment to police departments "aren't building a militarized culture."

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Missouri Man Charged With Threatening to Shoot Obama

A central Missouri man is facing a federal charge for allegedly threatening to shoot President Barack Obama.Twenty-four-year-old Cameron Stout, of Stover, was charged Tuesday in U.S. District Court in...

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Sen. Blunt Talks Health Research And Guns During Kansas City Stop

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President Approves Disaster Declaration for Missouri

President Barack Obama has approved a major disaster declaration for 33 Missouri counties damaged by severe weather and flooding in late December and early January.

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Afternoon Newscast for March 16, 2016

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:Missouri lawmakers urge statewide regulations for UberMU Approves of Outside Review of University SystemSenator Blunt won't vote on Obama SCOTUS...

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