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Posts Tagged ‘Politics’

Lake City Ammo Plant in Cross Hairs of Proposed Budget Cuts

By | August 5, 2021 | 0
Longtime employees at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant and Machinists Union members are protesting proposed budget cuts that could threaten their jobs. From left to right: Scott Brown, Ryan Waddell and Diana Dierking.

Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is facing deep cuts in U.S. Army spending on small caliber ammunition, threatening hundreds of jobs in Independence.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Goes Beyond Party Lines

By | August 4, 2021 | 0
Syringes of COVID-19 vaccinations are filled during MU Health Care’s mass vaccination clinic at the Walsworth Family Columns Club at Faurot Field in Columbia on Feb. 4, 2021.

While some pundits argue that party affiliation plays a role in low COVID-19 vaccination rates, experts say vaccine hesitancy goes beyond politics.

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Activists Renew Push to Legalize Recreational Marijuana in Missouri

By | July 15, 2021 | 0
Cannabis growing facilities

Cannabis activists have filed initiative petitions seeking to amend Missouri’s constitution to allow “adult use of cannabis.”

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How Rolling Blackouts Helped Regional Power Grid Avoid ‘Cascading Failures’

By | February 24, 2021 | 0
Despite the severe cold, families from around Lyon County gather Wednesday at the Prairie Street bridge hill in Emporia for sledding.

Federal regulators are investigating how the Midwest power grid had come so close to a catastrophic failure during a winter weather blast last week.

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Nick’s Picks | Warms Thoughts With Kansas City in Deep Freezer

By | February 15, 2021 | 0
Nick Haines

Record cold, Presidents Day, spring training and Mardi Gras are on this week’s agenda in Kansas City.

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