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FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports nine new coronavirus cases; one person now in the ICU
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Continue ReadingSeveral Missouri lawmakers are working to pass a bill that would allow women in prison to stay with their newborn babies for up to 18 months.
Continue ReadingExperts in the energy sector say it’s too soon to tell exactly how President Joe Biden’s plan will affect gas prices, but nationwide they’re already starting to drop.
Continue ReadingThe state of Missouri will continue to prop up efforts to test for coronavirus and deliver vaccines and treatments for “as long as federal resources persist,” according to a presentation linked from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services website.
Continue ReadingSewer districts across Missouri are opting out of the state’s Sewershed Surveillance COVID-19 tracking program.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri House has defeated a congressional redistricting plan passed by the state Senate — intensifying a stalemate that could lead to court intervention.
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Continue ReadingMissouri announced earlier this month that the state would end the at home COVID-19 test kit program Thursday, citing a drastic drop in demand.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson on Tuesday said the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic will change, making it more akin to the way the state tracks and combats flu infections.
Continue ReadingAttorney General Eric Schmitt is asking parents to share any “woke” policies or lesson plans with his office through a new reporting platform on his website.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson announced Wednesday that Missouri will be shifting to an endemic phase of the COVID pandemic on Friday.
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., Gov. Mike Parson will host a press conference to discuss the status of Missouri’s COVID-19 response moving forward.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri General Assembly has been in session since January, but some of its major items of business remain unfinished.
Continue ReadingThe new omicron sub-lineage known as BA.2 has been detected in Missouri’s sewage.
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Continue ReadingIn a Monday afternoon budget committee hearing, Chair Rep. Cody Smith, R-Jasper, removed the governor’s proposal to allocate $21.8 million to matching school districts in raising the starting salary for teachers to $38,000.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Department of Transportation is celebrating the 35th year of its adopt a highway program, which the agency says help supplement its $6 million annual effort to keep roads clean.
Continue ReadingMissouri House lawmakers passed two bills this week that would legalize sports betting in the state. House Bills 2502 and 2556 would allow online and in-person wagering on professional sports matches.
Continue ReadingA 14-year-old Missouri boy fell to his death from a free-fall amusement park ride that’s taller than the Statue of Liberty along a busy street in the heart of Orlando, Florida’s, tourist district.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Senate was split for months trying to find a compromise on the new maps for U.S. House of Representatives districts. Now that a compromise has been reached, it’s Boone County that finds itself split.
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