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Congress passes bill to make Fulton's Churchill Museum a National Historic Landmark (opens the original)
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The U.S. Senate passed legislation Tuesday to make America’s National Churchill Museum a National Historic Landmark, sending the bill to President Donald Trump for his signature. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a corresponding bill in March after the legislation had been stalled in Congress for at least two years. If Trump signs the bill, the museum in Fulton will become one of more than 2,500 National Historic Landmarks in the country. These include the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty B
SNAP set to roll out a revised benefits plan in two phases (opens the original)
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New SNAP qualification requirements will go into effect in Missouri on Oct. 1 for new applications, recertification requests and adding a person, the Missouri Department of Social Services announced. The new verification system for SNAP will now require documentation of rent payments, utilities, bank statements and receipts of childcare payments. Current SNAP recipients will need to provide these new documents upon their next date of recertification. This change prompts SNAP recipients to file m
CPS bullying policy heads back to full School Board for a vote (opens the original)
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A revised policy on how to handle bullying incidents in Columbia Public Schools is heading back to the Columbia School Board for a vote next month. The biggest changes to the policy include broadening the list of people who are required to report and intervene in school bullying incidents as well as how investigation findings should be handled. The revised policy also removes any mention of hazing, which would have its own policy pending board approval. The Policy Committee unanimously approved
New smart meters are expected to lower utility bills, city officials say (opens the original)
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Columbia’s utility customers should not expect to see an increase in their bills after smart meters are installed, but they could begin to notice savings in about three years, said Jason West, spokesperson for the city’s Utilities Department. On Monday, the Columbia City Council approved the purchase and installation of smart utility meters for all customers. The installation is scheduled to begin in spring 2027, upgrading or replacing more than 50,000 city electric and water meters. The smart m
Settlement reached in 2020 disability discrimination and abuse lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools (opens the original)
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A settlement has been reached in a 2020 lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools that challenged a practice at the time of using isolation, seclusion and restraint with students in special education. The suit was filed by Shawan Daniels and Laquesha Jackson on behalf of their sons, two minors with disabilities. According to their lawsuit, some students were confined in small padded “seclusion rooms,” and Daniels claimed her son was injured. At the time, the district had contracted with a company
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