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Saint Francis to offer Camp STAT for local high school students

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Saint Francis Healthcare System is once again hosting Camp STAT, a weeklong opportunity offering high school students a “behind the scenes” look into healthcare and hands-on learning experiences.   Participants will learn skills and see them applied in real healthcare situations, receive training to help in emergent situations, become certified in […]

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Alternative measures of labor underutilization in Missouri

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mountain-Plains Information Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Missouri — 2023.   The official concept of unemployment (U-3 in the U-1 to U-6 range of alternatives) includes all jobless persons who are available to take a job and have actively sought

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Adding a radioisotope to the toolkit for saving lives

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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Ground-breaking innovation at Mizzou provides patients around the world with access to a lifesaving toolbox of vital pharmaceutical ingredients called radioisotopes produced at only one location in the United States — the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR). Building off more than a half-century of momentum since MURR opened, two MU researchers,

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Gov. Pritzker announces New Maternal Health and Birth Equity Initiatives at South Side Birth Center

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CHICAGO — On Tuesday, Governor JB Pritzker and Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton visited the Chicago South Side Birth Center (CSSBC) to highlight new proposals to enhance birth equity across Illinois alongside CSSBC founder and midwife Jeanine Valrie Logan, State agency leadership, and key advocates from the General Assembly.   Building on efforts to protect and

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Gov. Pritzker announces 10 state-designated cultural districts

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CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Monday joined the Puerto Rican Cultural Center and local leaders in Humboldt Park to celebrate ‘Puerto Rico Town’ as an official State-Designated Cultural District. Through the State-Designated Cultural Districts Program, ten recipients were designated for 2023 and 2024, with additional recipients

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Farmington man charged with promoting child pornography

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FARMINGTON, Mo. – The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control announces the arrest of 26-year-old Isaac A. Faulkner of Farmington. Faulkner was arrested Friday, for promoting child pornography, following an investigation by the Special Victims Unit of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control. On Friday, February

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Department of Natural Resources releases Census of Missouri Public Water Systems

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has released the 2024 Annual Census of Missouri Public Water Systems. The annual census provides detailed information regarding the volume, source water type, population, chemical characteristics and other information about Missouri’s 2,785 public water systems.   The census includes test results for selected chemicals along with

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Chester High School deals with perceived threat

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CHESTER — Officials at Chester High School notified parents last week that there had been a social media threat directed toward the school.   According to the notification, the high school immediately contacted the Chester Police Department which sent officers to the school.   The notification stated “All students are safe, and no one was

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