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Now that Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has decided to run for governor, a pool of candidates has poured in for a chance to take his place.

Jamie Corley, Executive Director of the Missouri Women and Family Research Fund, believes she can give Missouri voters fair ballot language that does not persuade their vote.

She joins Marshall Griffin.

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After thirteen years of relentlessly advocating to strengthen penalties against celebratory gunfire, a Kansas City mother gets to watch a bill signed into law after her daughter.

Alisa Nelson was at the bill signing for “Blair’s Law”. She talks to Michelle Shanahan DeMoss and the bill sponsor, Kansas City Representative Mark Sharpe.

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The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum in Independence has a new exhibition highlighting President Truman’s win over New York Governor Thomas Dewey in the 1948 election.

Museum Curator Mark Adams joins Cameron Conner to discuss the “UPSET!” of the 20th Century.

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Twelve people are running for Missouri secretary of state in August.

Alisa Nelson talks to one of the Democrats in the race: St. Louis state Representative Barbara Phifer. 

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There is a large field of candidates running to become Missouri’s next Secretary of State.

Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller received the Republican nomination for Secretary of State back in 2012. He joins Marshall Griffin to share why he believes he can re-capture the nomination and become Missouri’s next SOS.

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The Republican Primary for Missouri’s 3rd District in Congress pits two former state senators against each other – running for what was Blaine Leutkemeyer’s seat.

Attorney Kurt Schaefer of Columbia is up against physician Bob Onder.

Ashley Byrd talked to Schaefer when he was on rural tour with the Missouri Farm Bureau.

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Drugs, cell phones, weapons, and other items are getting into Missouri’s 19 prisons through a variety of ways, including drones.

Alisa Nelson talks to Trevor Foley, the acting director of the Missouri Department of Corrections, about a new unit designed to curb the flow of illegal items to inmates.

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Booneville has received a state-of-the-art Doppler radar from the private entity Climavision that provides a high-resolution depiction of the lower atmosphere.

 Founder and CEO of the company Chris Goode tells Marshall Griffin how this technology fills the gaps between traditional technology.

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Two ballot initiatives will be on Missouri’s primary election ballot in August.

Alisa Nelson talks to St. Peters State Representative Wendy Hausman about her proposal that will help to address Missouri’s childcare needs.

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A Missouri lawmaker, who grew up poor, worked her way up the ladder from the mail room of a cable company to one of the top directors of that company.

Alisa Nelson talks to Senator Holly Thompson Rehder, who wants to take her experiences and help others if she becomes Missouri’s first Republican woman elected as lieutenant governor.

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