Oct 15, 2024 · 2024 is a big election year in Missouri. The KC Media Collective, in partnership with The Kansas City Star, have gathered all the information you need to vote in the Nov. 5 election.KBIA has partnered with them and our other outlets in the Missouri News Network to provide this voters guide for the general election.. Scroll down to find articles explaining all the ballot initiatives and federal ...

Jan 27, 2024 · Mike Parson did not plan on becoming Missouri’s governor in 2018. The lieutenant governor was thrust into the role when Eric Greitens resigned under a cloud of scandal.. Six years and a reelection later, Parson gave his final State of the State address to the Missouri General Assembly on Wednesday.

Oct 29, 2024 · Holstine Campbell said some counties expect as high as 20 percent of eligible voters to vote early — exceeding expectations. And Mid-Missouri counties are reporting higher-than-expected use of this new voting option.

Nov 15, 2024 · To purchase, plant and terminate a cover crop, it costs Bonacker about $40 per acre. So planting cover crops on his entire 1,400 acres of row cropland costs $56,000 a year — all to cultivate a crop he can’t sell, although grazing his cows on those cover crops does save him an estimated $4,000 each year on feed costs.

Sep 18, 2024 · Agriculture is in trouble — for two complicated reasons. Both farmland and the farm economy are in distress. “It is the only occupation that I know of where you can be the very best at it and not make a living,” said U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, speaking to a group of farmers a few months ago about what they’re up against.

Nov 18, 2024 · A new version of the Farm Bill would make products with hemp-derived drugs illegal. The draft was published Monday morning by U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) in a bid to pass a new farm bill before Congress adjourns in January.. The 1,400-page draft would ban non-industrial uses of hemp, closing what many have described as a loophole created by the 2018 Farm Bill.

Chuck Bay wants to be your "ambassador of love" - with song, of course. Chuck is a member of the Boonslick Chordbusters, and this Valentine's Day they're offering up their unique skills to anyone who wants a barbershop quartet to come and sing to their special someone.

Jan 31, 2025 · Here's a roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA newsroom. Missouri House speaker sees little interest in immigration bounty bill; Laura Hendrickson first woman to lead Missouri Division of State Parks

Jan 24, 2025 · Here's a roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA newsroom: Missourians speak out against proposed Ameren electric rate increase in public hearing

Jan 6, 2025 · Stan Jastrzebski is KBIA's News Director, and an Assistant Professor of Practice in the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He's served as News Director at four NPR member stations, and has contributed work to Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Marketplace, as well as the PBS NewsHour.