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During the pandemic, SNAP rules were relaxed so students weren’t required to participate in state or federally funded work programs such as work-study. Those temporary pandemic rules allowed 3 million more students to qualify for food stamps, but now many are no longer eligible.

A total of 37 non-managerial employees in three of the station's departments will be represented by the Communications Workers of America.

The University of Missouri System Board of Curators extended the pilot program of not requiring an ACT or SAT score to get into three of its campuses for an additional year.

St. Louis’ new MLS team is working with UMSL on sponsorship, esports and career opportunities for students and graduates.

The facility will include a first-ever innovation center, where people without security clearances can work alongside NGA staff on problems or issues the agency regularly grapples with.

The nine-member Board of Curators has seven graduates from the flagship campus in Columbia and none from UMSL, UMKC and Missouri S&T combined. During a meeting last week in Rolla, the curators made changes to the pension system.

Lara Zwarun’s 2015 research on how Ukrainians use social media to counter Russian disinformation has new resonance today.

UMSL students have organized a petition, asking the university to replant native grasses near Bugg Lake after workers mowed the grasses and replaced them with turf. Students and faculty members say the native grasses and wildflowers promote ecological diversity and bolster conservation efforts for local pollinators.

The governor’s talking points to highlight the state’s economic status cite various sources, and economists say some are more viable than others.

The Bail Project's Mike Milton is starting a new diversion program that will work with the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office: The Freedom Community Center. He discussed it with John Nanney of UMSL on St. Louis on the Air.