SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says the state will “probably” provide funding for a site to help handle the overflow of COVID-19 patients in Springfield, where hospitals are struggling to keep up with a surge driven by the delta variant and vaccination hesitation. But the Republican governor suggested Thursday that federal stimulus
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri candidates for U.S. Senate are raking in money to fuel what likely will be an expensive race for retiring Sen. Roy Blunt’s seat. Campaign finance reports were due Thursday. Missouri’s Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt says he raised about $1.3 million since he entered the race in late March. Republican
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The percentage of homes with earthquake insurance in Missouri’s highest-risk areas is at a historic low amid rising costs. A survey of insurers released this week shows only 12.7% of homes in the New Madrid fault area were insured as of last year. Missouri’s insurance department says skyrocketing insurance prices and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is preparing to install electric vehicle charging stations at some of its state parks. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a budget measure approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Mike Parson provided $1 million to the state Department of Natural Resources to begin installing stations in parks.
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The charges were filed Friday in Stone County against Ride the Ducks Branson captain Kenneth Scott McKee, general manager Charles Baltzell and manager on duty Curtis Lanham. All three face 17 felony counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, and McKee faces 12 additional charges.
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The move comes after weeks of no travel restrictions and declining infections. The Chicago Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that unvaccinated travelers from Missouri and Arkansas have to either quarantine for 10 days or have a negative COVID-19 test. The restriction goes into effect Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine are gearing up to study how long COVID-19 vaccines can provide protection and how vaccination immunity is different from natural infection immunity. The University hopes to enroll 500 people who have either received a COVID-19 vaccine or who plan to become vaccinated soon.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says some officials at Springfield hospitals are trying to find someone to blame for a large increase in COVID-19 cases in the region.
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Gov. Mike Parson signed a package of police and criminal justice reform bills into law Wednesday. The bills, championed by state senators Tony Luetkemeyer (R-Buchanan) and Brian Williams (D-St. Louis), go into effect on August 28.
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Starting Wednesday, adult inpatients at University Hospital, Missouri Orthopaedic Institute and Women’s and Children’s Hospital will be allowed one visitor from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Women in labor will be allowed a spouse or partner and labor coach. No visitors will be permitted for adult patients diagnosed with COVID-19.
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31-year-old Joshua David Dressel of Festus is the fifth person from the St. Louis region charged in connection with the riot.
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Teachers in Mid-Missouri’s largest school district will evaluate the New York Times’ 1619 Project, which is embroiled in controversy over critical race theory in schools.
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Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday held ceremonial signings across the state of a law that will increase Missouri’s gas tax by 12.5 cents over five years.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A mid-Missouri attorney says many of her clients who are landlords are frustrated because an extended eviction moratorium bans most tenants from being evicted, even if they aren’t paying rent. Court documents we uncovered Monday detail an eviction dispute leading up to the fatal Thursday night Moberly shooting. “In my experience, courts
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s highest court will now decide on the future of Medicaid expansion in the state. The court’s seven judges heard arguments Tuesday morning in an appeal of a Cole County court decision ruling the voter-approved expansion unconstitutional. You can listen to the audio of arguments here. A Cole County judge ruled
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The bill will provide about $500 million more each year to the Missouri Department of Transportation for roads and bridges by increasing the gas tax by 2.5 cents every year for a five-year period.
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