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Expert: Denying Medicaid expansion might not save Missouri money
The Missouri Senate voted late Wednesday against funding the Medicaid expansion voters approved last year, saying the cost would be too high for the state.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Senate voted late Wednesday against funding the Medicaid expansion voters approved last year, saying the cost would be too high for the state.
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Continue ReadingJames Addie is charged with the 2018 death of his fiancée, Molly Watson, in Monroe County.
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri has reported just 14 breakthrough COVID-19 cases among people who are fully vaccinated to federal health officials, even though 96 such cases have been detected in just the state’s largest county. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked states at the start
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A recent survey has found that one in 10 Missouri teachers are thinking about calling it quits after a challenging year of pandemic education. The Springfield News-Leader reports that researchers with Missouri State University’s College of Education sent out the survey to each of the 67,000 public school educators with an
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A fight over allowing guns on public transportation temporarily derailed debate on the Missouri budget Wednesday before being struck down in the Senate. Republican Sen. Bob Onder on Wednesday tried to strip public transportation funding unless buses and trains allowed people with concealed carry permits to ride. But the top GOP
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri bill to shield businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits has hit a major roadblock in the Legislature. A House committee voted the bill down Monday. The measure was meant to protect hospitals, manufacturers and other businesses from lawsuits over alleged wrongdoing during the pandemic. Republican Gov. Mike Parson says the
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Biden announced a $1.8 trillion American Families Plan ahead of his first address to Congress Wednesday. The plan includes having universal, quality-preschool to all three and four-year-olds and It will provide Americans two years of free community college. The American Families Plan will also provide direct support to families to make sure
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Continue ReadingThe last time Missouri’s voters weighed in on the issue, they voted against a gas tax increase. However, legislators are working on a plan that would raise the tax by 2.5 cents each year for the next five years. The plan would also allow drivers to get rebates for their gas taxes. Missouri’s current 17
Continue ReadingMissouri’s wasted coronavirus vaccine from Feb. 1 through April 5 cost taxpayers more than $100,000, and Missouri providers lost out on more than $200,000 in payments from giving the shots.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state’s health department is now tackling issues brought by the growing supply of coronavirus vaccine doses and shrinking demand. Data of the state’s COVID-19 vaccination website shows the numbers trending downward, reporting the 7-day average of doses given has dropped to 28,046 as of Monday. The state’s peak 7-day vaccination rate
Continue ReadingMissouri House Democrats and health care advocates said that health care is a basic human need that should be available to workers during a rally Tuesday outside the Missouri Capitol.
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Continue ReadingA Missouri House committee unanimously endorsed a proposal to increase the state’s gasoline tax.
Continue ReadingThe bill features a measure that prohibits law enforcement officers from using a respiratory choke-hold unless deadly force is authorized under the law.
Continue ReadingWorries are surfacing as the country’s coronavirus vaccination program slows down in many states.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Vaccination rates are higher in more populated areas, starting to out-pace rural areas. According to data from the Columbia/Boone County Health Department, about 88.2% of the vaccinated population in Boone County live in Columbia, leaving the other 11.8% in the rest of the county. About 83.7% of Boone County’s population lives in
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. The owner and a pharmacy technician of Old Town Pharmacy LLC were both indicted on 34 total counts in Cole County on last Wednesday. A Cole County grand jury returned 26 counts of Violations Involving Health Care Payments (Class D Felony), 6 counts of Forgery (Class D Felony), one count of Identity
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