Jodi Fortino
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The Missouri legislative session is more than halfway finished, and many bills affecting schools are making their way through the Capitol.
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Students in the Independence School District will only be in class four days a week next year. It's the largest school district in Missouri to make the switch amid chronic teacher and staffing shortages.
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Charlie Shields, the state board of education’s president, said Missouri is at a "point of crisis" as a state commission tries to come up with solutions for its chronic teacher shortage.
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Federal officials are responding to Tuesday’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas, the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. Many Democrats have called for more restrictions on gun access. While Republican lawmakers have condemned the shooting, critics have quick to point out the tight relationships these lawmakers have held with the NRA.
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Missouri and Kansas service providers are working long hours, waitlisting care and consolidating services as they grapple with a shortage of workers.
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Low-income homeowners are often the target for city code violations. Nonprofits in Kansas City are asking to move away from a punitive code system and toward a restorative one driven by the community.
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Some Missouri lawmakers are "appalled" after an exhibit documenting the history of the LGBTQ rights movement in Kansas City was removed just days after it was installed in the state capitol.
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The tax increase is expected to generate nearly $500 million annually for the state’s roads and bridges.
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A Kansas City area school district, named after a Native American tribe itself, is retiring some Native American mascots, deeming them derogatory or offensive.
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The Chiefs were favored to win Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV. But a Super Bowl championship back-to-back win hasn't happened in 17 years — and wouldn't happen this year either.