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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson visits UMKC on Workforce and Education Tour

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson visits UMKC on Workforce and Education Tour

Hayden Baker
February 21, 2022

Gov. Mike Parson hosted a roundtable at UMKC to bring together Kansas City area leaders earlier this month.  Parson held the event, which took place in Bloch Executive Hall on Feb. 9, to discuss partnerships between the university and the workforce. Most of the nearly...

The controversial preservation act has led to an increase in complaints from small law enforcement offices. (Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)

Local leaders and law enforcement cite new bill as cause for increased gun violence

John Herrman
December 1, 2021

Rates of gun violence have spiked across Missouri, including in areas around UM System schools.  Near the UM System’s Columbia campus alone, there have been four shootings since the beginning of August. The most recent incident, on Nov. 14, left one person dead and...

Roo Report: A Response to PragerU and Will Witt, "You and Your Representatives On-Campus Lied Online About What Was In That Speech. We Have Your Words Verbatim. Take A Listen!"

Roo Report: “Who Is Raising These Kids… Turning Point USA and PragerU HAHAHA!”

Roo News
October 21, 2021

You can listen to this podcast on Anchor.fm or Spotify! On this week's show, Lawrence, Tom and Sylvia speak on the sudden outbreak of overt racism in public schools locally, our thoughts about UMKC hosting PragerU and TPUSA's latest cornball Will Witt for a contemporary...

24 new coronavirus cases at UMKC bring total past 100

24 new coronavirus cases at UMKC bring total past 100

Sam Bellefy
October 5, 2020

UMKC has reported 24 new on-campus coronavirus cases for the week of Sept. 27. This brings the total number of cases to 108 since the beginning of the school year on Aug. 17. The total recorded off-campus cases among students and staff has reached 67.  UMKC states...

Fourteen new coronavirus cases at UMKC over past week, US death toll past 200,000

Fourteen new coronavirus cases at UMKC over past week, US death toll past 200,000

Sam Bellefy
September 28, 2020

UMKC has reported 14 new on-campus coronavirus cases for the week of Sept. 20. This brings the total number of on-campus cases to 84 since the beginning of the school year on Aug. 17.  The total number of recorded off-campus cases from students and staff has reached...

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