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Here are a roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Missouri In No Rush To Spend $2.7 Billion Of Flexible Pandemic Aid Missouri House Votes To Legalize Needle Exchanges True/False 2021 Film Festival Saw Decrease In Attendance Gun Package To Expand Concealed Carry Rights In Churches, Buses Headed To Senate For Final Approval

Here's a roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Missouri Legislature Begins Final Week With Plenty Of Unfinished Business Kansas City Mayor Says State Should Allow Local Gun Rules Missouri Democrats May Use Filibuster To Force Change In FInal Week Of Regular Session Marker Recognizing Lynching In Columbia Vandalized

It seems like everything is in a state of change right now. Health orders related to COVID-19 are loosening all across the country, hastening a return to some semblance of normalcy. Thousands of high school seniors and college students in Mid-Missouri are gearing up to graduate in-person. The University of Missouri alone will honor the accomplishments of more than 5,500 students over the next few weeks — including guest hosts Hannah France and Isabella Paxton. On this episode of The Check-In, we're talking about how to say goodbye, and how to embrace change. Today you are our guest, so let us know — how is your life changing? What advice do you have for others going through a season of change?

Here's a roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Governor Mike Parson Orders State Employees To Return To Offices On May 17 State Lawmakers Pass Bill To Close Public Records Missouri House Passes Bill That Makes Street Protests A Felony Crime, Bans Police Chokeholds Missouri Court To Mull Disciplining Gardner In Greitens Case

Small businesses owned by people of color and women have been hit disproportionately hard during the pandemic. Some Columbia groups have one possible answer to this: mid-Missouri’s first large-scale shared commercial kitchen, and it comes at a critical time for business owners.

Regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Parson Directs State Workers to Go Back to the Office Council Wants More Time to Ponder Training Program for Police Union: Rockwood Teachers Face Threats Over Equity Curriculum St. Louis Police Oversight Board Underminded, Report Says

The Washington Post, New York Times and NBC News all retracted false claims reported about Rudy Giuliani. How do three of the nation’s most reputable news organizations all make the same mistake? Also, a 14-year-old cheerleader’s fight for free speech, new leadership at the Los Angeles Times and remembering Aviva Okeson-Haberman, a promising young journalist. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.

This week on Discover Nature , keep an ear-, and an eye out for native bees buzzing about the bushes, trees, flowerbeds, and even the ground beneath our feet. Missouri is home to more than 450 species of native bees that play a critical role in pollinating agricultural crops and maintaining reproductive processes for native plants — in turn, supporting diverse wildlife species, soil health, and water quality. Fear not! Most of our native bee species don’t have stingers long enough to penetrate human skin. Some of the best ways we can help these perennial pollinators include: Minimize mowing and mulching; Mow-high, and delay to later in the season; Leave strips or patches of unmown, unmulched areas; Plant Missouri-native wildflowers; Always avoid use of herbicides and pesticides. Even clover, violets, and dandelions can provide our native bees critical food sources, especially in early spring before other flowers have bloomed. And since bee pollination is responsible for 1 in every 3

Here's a roundup of headlines from the region, including: Missouri House Votes to Crack Down on Highway Protests St. Louis-Area Startup Owner Announces Senate Bid Missouri House Votes Against Virus Rules for Businesses Halt to Unemployment Repayment Stalled by Contentious Amendment

Around 100 people rallied outside the Missouri State Capitol on Tuesday in response to Senate Republicans attempting to block funding for Medicaid expansion - the Expansion was approved by Missouri voters last year. People shared stories about how a lack of access to affordable health care and fear of going into medical debt has cost Missourians their jobs, their health, and even their lives. So on this episode of The Check-In Outtake, we wanted to talk about the cost of healthcare - and the cost of not getting healthcare. Hosts Janet Saidi and Isabella Paxton discussed the sacrifices we make to take care of our health, and look at the less-known impacts of a healthcare system many of us just can’t afford. They spoke with guests Jay Hancock, a senior correspondent for Kaiser Health News, and Professor Brook Gotberg, who teaches law at Brigham Young University. How have you struggled to pay for health care or medical expenses? Do you have medical debt? How is it affecting you? If

This past Saturday, Mizzou alumni and Columbia residents alike returned to Peace Park to honor the lives lost in 1970 in shootings at Kent State and Jackson State. They gathered bringing back memories of naming the park, building a huge peace symbol and rallying on this spot – 50 years ago – vowing not to forget their peers killed in anti-war protests. So, this past weekend, they remembered together. And the peace symbol? It’s still there.

Regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Missouri Struggles To Track Virus Cases Among The Vaccinated District Reinstates Mask Mandates After Students Get Sick Judge: Case Against McCloskeys Won't Go Back To Grand Jury Kansas City Plans Village Of Tiny Homes For Homeless

For many students at the University of Missouri in Columbia, the four-acre park on the northern edge of campus – called “Peace Park” – is a place of reflection or relaxation. Or a short cut. But what many students may not know – is how the Park got its name in the first place.

Regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Stiepleman Named 2021 Missouri Superintendent of the Year Missouri Panel Restarts Housing Tax Credit Dropped in 2017 Ameren Announces New Plans to Emphasize Renewable Energy University of Missouri Disciplines 20 for Pandemic Violations

Celebrate the arrival of autumn this week, and watch for a variety of ripening tree nuts falling to the ground. Many Missouri native trees produce this protein-rich food for wildlife and people, and aid in the trees’ reproductive process. Watch for walnuts, hickory nuts, hazelnuts, horse chestnuts (buckeyes), acorns, and pecans, falling from above, and scattered on the ground. As leaves begin to fade from green to shades of red, orange, yellow, and brown, they too will fall, providing a fertile forest floor to help these large seeds sprout new trees. Missouri’s woodland wildlife – from birds to bears, squirrels, mice, deer, turkeys, and even insects – rely on this autumn crop for survival through the winter. Much of the bounty is edible, even for humans. Learn to identify Missouri’s tree nuts, their value to the ecosystem, and which ones to prepare in the kitchen, with the Missouri Department of Conservation’s online field guide , and this Missouri Conservationist article. Discover

Here's some headlines from around the KBIA newsroom, including: Missouri Governor Mike Parson tests positive for COVID-19 Some youth sports restrictions removed in St. Louis County Southeast Missouri counties seeing high number of cases St. Louis Police Chief hopeful after residency law change Jackson County audit find millions in problematic contracts

Medical marijuana dispensaries in Missouri will begin sales in the coming weeks. This comes almost two years after voters approved a constitutional amendment to legalize medicinal cannabis. So far, the state has approved 192 dispensaries, including seven in Columbia. Jack Cardetti, spokesperson for the Missouri Medical Cannabis Trade Association, says the state has already inspected and approved several growing facilities and the rest should be approved soon.

Clenora Hudson-Weems is the author of 12 books and a professor at the University of Missouri. She’s dedicated her work to understanding Africana womanism; a term she herself coined. KBIA’s Olivia Love spoke with Hudson-Weems about her 5 step solution for racism, and other comments about her findings. Hudson-Weems: I hail from Memphis, Tennessee. How about that? I'm a southern girl. I actually came here in 1990. That was a long time ago. I had received my PhD in American Studies. After two degrees in British Literature. This is in 1988. I've written, published 12 books. Love: I know that you coined the term Africana womanism. So if you can quickly explain that for people who don't know, the kind of definition and reach of that. Hudson-Weems: Africana womanism is a global concept as you know, it's global. It is a family centered paradigm that was designed specifically for all women of African descent and by extension their families and people in general because I have a lot of women who

A roundup of headlines from across the region, including: MU Sees Major Decline in Active COVID-19 Cases Columbia Tables Vote for Return of Bird Scooters Missouri Begins Absentee Voting Southeast Missouri Counties Seeing High Number of Cases

Missourians can start their absentee voting today. Voters can visit or email their local county clerk’s office to cast an absentee ballot and can also request an absentee ballot to be sent by mail. A voter must provide a reason for casting an absentee ballot in their request, which include absence on Election Day, being an individual at risk for contracting Covid-19 and religious belief or practice. As clusters of people in voting lines could pose a risk for transmission of the coronavirus, absentee ballots could play a key factor in this year’s election.