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Missouri has a sex offender registry.

Alisa Nelson talks to Representative Lane Roberts, of Joplin, who wants to expand the registry to include convicted murderers. 

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To help fight Missouri’s suicide rate, a state lawmaker is proposing a voluntary do-not-sell list for guns.

Alisa Nelson talks to State Representative Patty Lewis, of Kansas City, about the bill.

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A state lawmaker’s mission is to lower Missouri’s suicide rate among military veterans.

Alisa Nelson talks to Representative Dave Griffith, of Jefferson City, about the bill he has filed for the 2024 legislative session.

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Deepfakes are artificially intelligent programs that can digitally alter your voice compromising your identity or jeopardizing your reputation.

A PhD student at Washington University in St. Louis has created “AntiFake” to combat this. A code that can recognize deep fakes before they steal your voice or appearance.

Cameron Conner is here with Zhiyuan Yu and assistant professor Ning Zhang to discuss how this works, and how you can access it.

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Labor hours have been an issue for the Missouri Department of Transportation. However, the department is gaining more employees than lost for the first time in over a decade, but there is still more work to be done.

MoDOT Director, Patrick McKenna, joins Marshall Griffin to discuss the details.

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There was a decision this past legislative session to spend roughly 2.8 billion dollars to expand I-70 to six lanes.

There is also demand for work on I-44.

MoDOT Director, Patrick McKenna, joins Marshall Griffin to discuss the timeline for the expansion of I-70 and what is already in the works for 44.

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To get reimbursed for a virtual healthcare visit, Missouri patients must have audio and video connected during their appointment.

Alisa Nelson talks to state Representative Patty Lewis, of Kansas City, who wants to simply require an audio connection. 

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This month, the state’s top awards for winemaking were celebrated at the Governor's Mansion.

Ashley Byrd was there and spoke with some of the award-winners and leaders of this fast-growing industry in Missouri.

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Healthcare for people with disabilities:

Myke Bates, CEO of Hearo Virtual Care, joins Alisa Nelson.

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A University of Missouri researcher is studying a new cluster of stars in outer space using the new space telescope from NASA. 

Researcher Haojing Yan joins Anthony Morabith.

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