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Audit says Higbee Fire bond issue needs to be put back on ballot; former Randolph County Sheriff received $22,000 in overpayments

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Randolph County received a “poor” rating in an audit by the state auditor’s office after the review turned up “numerous mistakes” made by the county clerk’s office. The auditor’s office announced on Thursday that the clerk failed to comply with state law, which will require the Higbee Fire Protection District to put

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The US Supreme Court is seen on April 7 in Washington

Supreme Court won’t reinstate top federal labor officials in a victory for Trump’s firing powers

By Marshall Cohen, Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday said President Donald Trump doesn’t have to rehire senior officials he fired from two independent federal labor agencies that enforce worker protections, while the officials continue fighting in court to reverse their terminations. The court, in its unsigned opinion,

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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending legal status for foreign students attending US schools

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration on nationwide from terminating the legal status that allows foreign students to study at colleges and universities in the US. The preliminary injunction issued by US District Judge Jeffrey White of the federal district court in San Francisco is the

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US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks alongside Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary

First MAHA health report calls for reassessing medicines, processed foods, pesticides

By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — Poor diet, environmental toxins, unhealthy habits and pharmaceuticals are contributing to a national rise in chronic illnesses, particularly among children, top Trump officials said in a Thursday report that lays the groundwork for a “Make America Healthy Again” overhaul of government policy. Leaders of the MAHA Commission including Health

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Supreme Court deadlock leaves in place ruling blocking nation’s first religious charter school

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court split evenly Thursday in a high-profile challenge over the nation’s first religious charter school, leaving in place a ruling from Oklahoma’s top court that found the proposed Catholic school unconstitutional. The 4-4 split was made possible because conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from the

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