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The Biden administration is kicking off an outreach campaign to get millions of families to file their taxes so they can receive the second half of payments from the expanded child tax credit. Vice President Kamala Harris, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and White House senior adviser Gene Sperling are hosting a virtual event Tuesday to encourage people to send their tax forms to the IRS, including those whose incomes are so low that they might not have traditionally filed.

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Blue Springs will partner with a local animal rescue nonprofit for animal control services. The City Council on Monday approved a three-month trial contract with Pawportunities, a foster-based animal rescue organization founded a couple of years ago by the Siems family.

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s top science adviser Eric Lander resigned, hours after the White House confirmed that an internal investigation found credible evidence that he mistreated his staff, marking the first Cabinet-level departure of the Biden administration.

HARRISONVILLE – Two women in their 70s died in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 49 in western Missouri, highway authorities said. The crash happened just before 2 p.m.

Scott Peterson juror will be offered immunity to testify REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – A juror in Scott Peterson’s two-decade-old murder trial will be granted immunity before testifying at a hearing that could determine whether a new trial is granted, authorities said.

JEFFERSON CITY – A House committee on Monday approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would change how Medicaid is funded in Missouri. The Republican-backed proposed amendment comes after 53% of Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2020 to expand Medicaid funding, after the GOP-led Legislature for years refused to do so.