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COVID-19 deaths on the decline in Missouri
New COVID-19 deaths are dropping in Missouri even as hospitals are seeing more patients than during previous pandemic waves.
Continue ReadingNew COVID-19 deaths are dropping in Missouri even as hospitals are seeing more patients than during previous pandemic waves.
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Continue ReadingThe Missouri Senate is expected to take up the state’s proposed map of U.S. House districts Monday.
Continue ReadingThe state now has a seven day positivity rate of 31% on Sunday. An additional 11,134 new COVID-19 cases were added over the weekend bringing the total of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic is now 1,069,678. There have also been 257,870 probable antigen test results being positive, with 1,979 added between Saturday
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Continue ReadingThe Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a boat fire at the 7.5 mile marker of the Gravois Arm at Lake of the Ozarks.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s U.S. senators and several congressional members reacted to Supreme Court Stephen Breyer announcement of his plan to retire. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and U.S. Senate candidate issued the following statement. “As Attorney General, I’ve taken a blowtorch to the Biden Administration’s radical agenda to overturn President Trump’s accomplishments in the
Continue ReadingThe current proposal features six Republican districts and two Democratic districts. Some Republican state lawmakers want a map with seven Republican districts and one Democratic district, breaking up the district representing Kansas City.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD) will be filing for a waiver for 2022 senior class A+ Scholarship recipients.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A bill establishing a recall procedure for local school board members has advanced out of a Missouri House committee as that bill and others targeting school boards have gained early momentum. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the bills come as school boards have faced public pressure over their responses
Continue ReadingSeveral Republican Missouri lawmakers have filed bills to ban vaccine mandates, including in the workplace.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Chamber of Commerce and 250 Missouri businesses and employers sent an open letter to Gov. Mike Parson and the Missouri General Assembly asking for them to throw out legislation that prohibits employers from deciding for themselves whether or not to implement a vaccine requirement.
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Continue ReadingThe Biden administration says it is sending the masks to increase access to high-quality masks as the omicron variant continues to spread.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson has made raising pay for Missouri state workers a priority for the current legislative session.
Continue ReadingMissouri House Democrats said the governor’s proposed budget is a good place to start, but want to see many areas expanded, including pay raises for state workers.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Health care leaders are asking Missourians to only use emergency departments when it is an emergency in the few weeks as emergency rooms are overcrowded at most hospitals. The Missouri Hospital Association and Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services encourage patients experiencing severe illness or a life-threatening condition to continue to
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Continue ReadingThe state now has a seven day positivity rate of 35.1% on Sunday. An additional 7,219 new COVID-19 cases were added bringing the total of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic is now 1,024,477. There have also been 245,476 probable antigen test results being positive, with 736 added Sunday. One new death was
Continue ReadingThe state now has a seven day positivity rate of 35% on Saturday. An additional 8,577 new COVID-19 cases were added bringing the total of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic is now 1,017,258. There have also been 244,740 probable antigen test results being positive, with 2,366 added Saturday. Six new deaths were
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