(AP) — With the number of coronavirus patients requiring hospitalization rising at alarming levels, Missouri and perhaps a handful of other states are unable to post accurate data on COVID-19…
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Mail-in ballots can't be returned in person, court rules
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri residents who want to vote by mail cannot return their ballots in person but must use the postal system, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.…
Missouri hospitalizations at new high, positivity rate up
(AP) — The number of people hospitalized for the coronavirus in Missouri reached another record Thursday, and the seven-day average positivity rate was more than triple the benchmark suggested by…
56 COVID-19 deaths at Missouri veterans homes since Sept. 1
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Fifty-six residents of Missouri veterans homes have died of COVID-19 since Sept. 1, including 25 at one facility in southeastern Missouri. A spokesman for the Missouri…
Missouri outsources contact tracing in coronavirus battle
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri is outsourcing contact tracing to private companies as part of the effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The state approved this week contracts…
Missouri voter rights case in the hands of appeals panel
(AP) — With the election just three weeks away, a federal appeals panel in St. Louis is expected to rule soon on whether Missourians casting mail-in ballots can drop them…
Glitch caused Missouri virus count inaccuracy
JEFFERSON CITY — A “database extract error” resulted in an incorrect inflation of the number of reported COVID-19 cases in Missouri going back over several days, Missouri health officials said…
Area's COVID-19 rise plus flu worry Garza
ST. LOUIS – Rising COVID-19 numbers in the metropolitan area make Dr. Alex Garza a worried man. Garza, the leader of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, spoke about the…
Virus is hot forum topic for Parson, Galloway, 2 others
(AP) — Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and his Democratic opponent spent much of a candidate forum on Friday sparring over the governor’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Parson and…
Missouri to release $133 million for education, virus aid, more
(AP) — Missouri will release about $133 million in funding to support critical services — including $61.5 million in CARES Act funding for primary and secondary schools and $26 million…
Medical marijuana in Missouri could be available this month
(AP) — A St. Louis County lab’s approval to start testing samples of marijuana means that commercial marijuana for medical use could be on the shelves this month. EKG Labs…
Amendment 1 would impose term limits on statewide positions
Missouri voters are deciding whether to limit all statewide office holders to two four-year terms. Currently, the governor and state treasurer are the only elected statewide officials restricted to two…