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Libby Stanford is a reporter for PolitiFact Missouri and a public life reporter for the Columbia Missourian. Before PolitiFact, she worked at The Independent in London.

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Jeff Jensen
stated on November 20, 2019 in an interview with St. Louis Public Radio:

"It’s nothing I do, but the probation office here in the Eastern District of Missouri is the best in the country. They have about a 7.5% recidivism rate, compared to national averages of 70 or 80%"

By Libby Stanford • December 31, 2019
Brian Treece
stated on October 17, 2019 in a press conference:

Columbia, Mo., is "one of the fastest growing cities in the region, the only city in the state to grow jobs faster than the nation as a whole."

By Libby Stanford • November 16, 2019
Vicky Hartzler
stated on September 9, 2019 in a congressional newsletter:

"Statistics indicate Americans have experienced 29.3 (billion) illegal robocalls so far this year, marking a 64 percent increase since 2016."

By Libby Stanford • September 20, 2019

Did Andrew Yang break the law? We may never know

By Libby Stanford • September 20, 2019

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