Missouri Independent

Bert Wire's farm sits behind the "Farms Not Factories" sign near Chillicothe, Missouri,

Missouri Eases Rules for Building CAFOs Despite Outcry About Potential Pollution

Missouri regulators on Tuesday eased the rules governing design of massive industrial hog facilities in a move critics claim was meant to help one controversial facility.

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson delivered his State of the State address on Jan. 27, 2021.

Missouri Gov. Parson Abandons Plans to Implement Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion

Missouri will not expand Medicaid coverage to working-age adults on July 1 because lawmakers refused to include funding for the health care program in the state budget.

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A wind turbine towers above Queen City, Missouri.

Less Pollution, Lower Bills: Kansas, Missouri Move Ahead on Utility Securitization

Legislation in Kansas and Missouri may soon help utilities to retire coal-fired power plants faster as the energy sector accelerates its transition to renewable energy sources.

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A wind farm in Ellsworth County, Kansas.

Grain Belt Transmission Line Forges Ahead Amid Landowner, Lawmaker Pushback

Kansas and Missouri residents could soon reap the benefits of Grain Belt Express, a massive high-powered transmission line delivering renewable energy.

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Missouri State Rep. Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs.

Scramble Starts for Missouri’s Share of Federal COVID-19 Cash

With Missouri in line for almost $3 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds, cities, schools and other agencies are making pitches for projects using aid from the American Rescue Plan.

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COVID-19 vaccine in a syringe

‘Just Not Enough People’: Health Care Workers Face Fatigue as COVID-19 Surges

As cases and hospitalizations hit all-time highs, both in Missouri and across the country, hospitals, officials and healthcare workers themselves are warning that staffing is stretched thin.

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Rev. Michelle Higgins speaks to the canvassers at St. John’s Church

Groups Work to Energize Missouri’s Black Voters in Election’s Final Weeks

A network of paid canvassers and volunteers are trying to energize Black voters and get them to the polls in Missouri.

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