COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A legal expert believes state investigators may be applying a state law too broadly in pursuing a case against a reporter that discovered a privacy issue in a state website. David Roland of the Freedom Center of Missouri said it would be overzealous to charge a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter for tampering
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The Missouri Department of Education says it has fixed an issue that allowed access to some educators social security information, after the department says it was notified personal information of three educators was possibly compromised through the state’s certification database.
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The option, called “test to stay,” allows students and workers to take frequent COVID-19 tests to avoid quarantine after exposure to the virus in school. The guidance is optional, so some districts might decide not to change their policies.
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An emergency regulation in Missouri goes into effect Wednesday which requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to turn over all its inspection reports on abortion providers. As the only abortion provider in Missouri, Planned Parenthood said this is a political attack on its Medicaid funding.
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Students at the University of Missouri are questioning the school’s decision not to put out an MU Alert for a Sunday morning shooting one block away from campus.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Biden addressed ongoing supply chain problems on Wednesday, as major retailers warn of shortages and price hikes during the upcoming holiday season. Schnucks says because of the current trucker shortage, production facility labor shortages, and shortages of certain raw ingredients, select products are taking longer to get through the supply chain
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Statewide and National entities are discussing “test to stay,” as a method to allow students in K-12 education to avoid student quarantines.
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All money received from the settlement will go directly toward treatment and many services for opioid addiction including support systems across the state.
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With case numbers falling, first and second-dose vaccinations are not continuing a steady upward trend.
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Democratic state Rep. Martha Stevens announced her decision via news release. She is ending her third term in office and was first elected in 2016 and would have been term-limited after another term. Her district includes parts of south and west Columbia.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A pedestrian from Kansas is dead after being struck by two hit-and-run drivers near Arrowhead Stadium as the man was leaving the Kansas City Chiefs game. Police are searching for the drivers who fled the scene Sunday night. The victim was 66-year-old man Steven Hickle of Wichita, Kansas. Police say
Continue Reading CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The acting head of St. Louis County police has issued an order saying that all officers must follow a county mandate to either get the COVID-19 vaccine or submit to weekly testing. The order was issued even though an officer has filed a lawsuit challenging whether the county’s mandate should apply
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) Two more Springfield women have been charged with participating in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the federal case again Cara Hentschel and Mahailya Pryer was unsealed this week. They are charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building; disorderly and disruptive conduct
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The US Department of Education approved Missouri’s COVID-19 relief plan for elementary and secondary schools. Missouri was allotted nearly 2 billion dollars to carry out COVID-19 safety measures in school districts. The approval means the state will receive the remaining amount of funding, totaling $654 million. Missouri’s plan promotes statewide vaccination events
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