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Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) says the $49.9 billion state operating budget signed by Governor Mike Parson (R) contains projects for all 163 Missouri House districts and all 34 state senate districts. Hough is especially touting a new $300-million psychiatric hospital that will be built in the Kansas City area and a $2.8 BILLION project to six-lane …

The Columbia Chamber of Commerce ambassadors joined Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, state Department of Economic Development (DED) acting director Michelle Hataway and other dignitaries at the June 22, 2023 groundbreaking ceremony for the new Orr street park (file photo courtesy of Columbia Parks and Recreation spokeswoman Tammy Miller) Missouri’s economic development director is excited about the new Orr street park that’s …

The Callaway County Public Library is located in Fulton (2023 photo courtesy of Daniel Boone Regional Library spokeswoman Mitzi St. John) The Daniel Boone Regional Library Foundation says a “substantial seven-figure gift” from the estate of a lifelong Fulton resident is the largest single gift in the history of the Callaway County Public Library and the Daniel Boone Regional Library …

(Audio is courtesy of former 939 the Eagle reporter Mathew Pilger, who’s now the news director at Mexico radio station KXEO) 46-year-old Tyronn Lue grew up in central Missouri’s Mexico. The city has renamed a park for him (May 2023 photo courtesy of former 939 the Eagle reporter Mathew Pilger) A $10-million donation is being made to the city of …

Columbia city manager De’Carlon Seewood (2023 file photo courtesy of city of Columbia website) Look for affordable housing to be a key component of Columbia city manager De’Carlon Seewood’s budget address on Thursday afternoon at city hall. Mr. Seewood tells 939 the Eagle that he wants to create a new city department. https://939theeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Seewood-Budget-1.mp3 “It will be dealing with residential home …