I’m proud of many things in my life, one of which I share with my high school government teacher, Mrs. Newhart. I’ve never missed voting in an election since turning 18. We didn’t always see eye-to-eye, especially about the C-plus grade I garnered in class, but she did impress upon me civic duty. Well, less […]
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Most mid-Missouri residents first hear about Central Missouri Community Action when they’re in danger of losing their electricity or gas service. As one of its many programs, CMCA helps residents pay utility bills, last year providing more than $1 million in such assistance through Community Services Block Grant funds. “We’re known as the utility service
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In April 2006, Massachusetts passed legislation that would provide nearly universal health care coverage to state residents. With the federal government producing precious little that has passed for health insurance reform in the past dozen years, the Massachusetts move sent bells pealing coast to coast. Many media outlets, including The New York Times, greeted the
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Beyond its effect on Missourians’ access to cures for diseases, a constitutional amendment protecting early human stem-cell research has drawn support as a powerful economic-development tool. Missouri, for most of this decade, has tried to hitch its job-creation wagon to the broader life sciences, which contribute about $24 billion a year to the state’s economy.
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