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By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM ~ Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden signed Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill into law on Tuesday, delivering what he has called the "final piece" of his pared-down domestic agenda, as he aims to boost his party's standing with voters less than three months before the midterm elections...10
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    Jackson Fire Rescue donates engine to Cape Career and Technology Center
    Area junior and senior high school students enrolled in the new fire science program at Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center will have the benefit of training on a real fire engine donated by...
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    City council members approve final payment for City Hall construction
    Cape Girardeau City Council members voted unanimously at Monday's meeting to approve final payment to the contractor for the construction of City Hall. The construction on the new City Hall --...
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    Fourteen months after state lawmakers approved a measure aimed at stopping enforcement of federal gun laws in the state, local thoughts on the law remain mixed. Cape Girardeau Mayor Stacy Kinder...
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    African Scientific Research Institute has announced a National Register project to examine the lives and stories of African Americans, free and enslaved, in the United States. According to Jihad...
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    One individual was arrested by the Cape Girardeau Police Department on Friday in connection with an incident on Aug. 9. Officers arrested Emma E. Stroup, 20, for alleged armed criminal action and...
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