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Missouri cut aid for fruit, vegetables after SNAP junk food push
Missouri lawmakers spent part of this year’s legislative session arguing the state should steer low-income families away from buying candy, soda and desserts with public benefits.Then they passed a budget eliminating $2 million for a program designed to help those same families buy more fruits and vegetables.Double Up Food Bucks, run by the Mid-America Regional…
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Ask Rusty: I’d like to retire early, but don’t want my Social Security reduced
Dear Rusty: I will be 65 this year and my husband is 72 (he retired in 2019 at age 66). I would like to retire and enjoy some time with him before he gets too much older. I do not want to have my benefits cut by retiring earlier, but I don’t see a way…
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MDC: Total turkey harvest tops 50K in spring season
JEFFERSON CITY – Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows turkey hunters checked 45,475 birds during Missouri’s 2026 regular spring turkey season, April 20 through May 10. Top harvest counties for the regular season were Macon with 979 birds harvested, Callaway with 926, and Franklin with 879. Young turkey hunters also harvested…