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Project Hope to return for 14th year
By Danny Walter ~ Southeast Missourian
Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri will host the 14th annual Project Hope event Friday, Oct. 6, in Cape Girardeau. Free services such as medical and dental assessments, haircuts and eye exams will be provided for low-income or homeless families...1
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    Decision time nearing on farm bill - 4:23 pm
    Relatively ignored of late because of the national focus on a potential government shutdown — the U.S. Farm Bill, formally known as the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 — also expired Saturday,...
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    Government shutdown temporarily averted - 4:20 pm
    In separate votes Saturday, Sept. 30, Congress passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government operating for the next 45 days. Missouri's junior U.S. senator, freshman Eric Schmitt, was...
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    Autoworkers' strike and threat to EV
    United Auto Workers union strike, which began Sept. 15, comes as General Motors, Ford and Stellantis — parent of Chrysler — have all made what U.S. News & World Report magazine calls "aggressive"...
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    Progress on Perryville ALDI
    Construction progress on an ALDI grocery outlet is seen Saturday, Sept. 30, at 300 N. Perryville Blvd. in Perryville, Missouri. ...
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    Missouri unemployment, according to the state Department of Labor and Industry, stood at 2.8% for August, the most recent statistic available for joblessness. Unemployment remains higher in the...
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    Buried beneath the 1-3 mark in the win-loss column for the Southeast Missouri State football program so far this fall, is the indisputable fact that the Redhawks have had several areas of play that have been strong.
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    Decision time nearing on farm bill (10/2/23)
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    In separate votes Saturday, Sept. 30, Congress passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government operating for the next 45 days....
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