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This Spanish-language urban agriculture class combats Latino health disparities at the root

Plants are at the center of Edda Berti’s childhood memories. She spent weekends at her grandfather’s farm in rural Peru learning how to cultivate crops. Together, with dirty hands, they would

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For Missouri’s small casino towns, coronavirus closures were a big financial hit

The Mark Twain Casino in La Grange employs about 200 people — a significant number, considering the town’s total population doesn’t quite top 1,000. When the casino shut down in mid-March

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Sanitizer and single-use pens: How rural Missouri counties are preparing for Tuesday’s elections

Polling places across Missouri will soon open for the first election since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the state. On Tuesday, voters will see new safety measures in place. Missouri’s municipal