The AP called the race, making Attorney General Patrick Morrisey the frontrunner going into the November election in the heavily Republican state. But a Democrat hopes for an upset.
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The regulators approved sweeping changes to the way U.S. power lines are planned, built and funded. Will the new rules be enough to save America's overwhelmed power grid?
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Solar farms generate resistance from neighbors worried about changing the agricultural landscape. So a team in Iowa is working on a way to grow food and harvest solar power on the same acreage.
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Prescription drugs are in short supply in Indiana and across the nation. Caregivers and parents whose children need specific medications are worried.
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Top officials at the Illinois Department of Corrections on Friday laid out the agency’s plans to close and rebuild two state prisons that are in dire states of disrepair.
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Gov. Mike Parsons takes a closer look at the budget narrowly passed by the Missouri House on Friday evening. It includes increases in education and infrastructure funding, amid process concerns and charges of "strategic" spending in a competitive political landscape.
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Measure excludes certain tax-exempt entities after negotiations
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The contest is for students ages 8 to 18 and provides them with an opportunity to share their unique vision of agriculture in the state.
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Department of Corrections officials lay out closure, rebuild timeline to lawmakers
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Missouri State University announced Friday it's accepted an offer to join Conference USA starting in the fall 2025. That conference plays in the highest level of Division I football, the Football Bowl Subdivision. The Missouri Valley Football Conference is in the lower-tier Football Championship Subdivision.
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After a pair of resignations rocked the pageant world, organizers have found a replacement for Miss USA but not Miss Teen USA. Last year's runner-up said this week that she turned down the crown.
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New Yorkers and tourists alike stand in line outside the Manhattan criminal court with hopes of securing a spot in one of the rooms where the trial against former President Donald Trump can be viewed.
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The state covers basic services for vulnerable residents, including things like air purifiers for kids with asthma. But nonprofits offering the services struggle to work within the health care system.
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Telehealth accounts for 19% of all abortions, new research finds. And while the number of abortions did plummet in ban states, overall abortions across the country are up.
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President Biden will announce tariffs on $18 million of Chinese imports. Trump's lawyers will cross-examine Michael Cohen today in the former president's hush money trial.
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AI can conjure the voice or likeness of a dead celebrity with just a few clicks. This opens a host of legal questions about the rights of the deceased and their heirs to control their digital replicas
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The College of New Jersey is making room for native plants, and students are digging it.