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Health
As Missouri joins nation in monitoring opioid prescriptions, experts worry
Kathi Arbini said she felt elated when Missouri finally caught up to the 49 other states and approved a statewide prescription…
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Coronavirus
Missouri AG sues over St. Louis area mask mandate
The attorney general in Missouri has sued in an effort to halt a mask mandate that took effect Monday in…
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Coronavirus
Parson announces vaccine incentive lottery with $10,000 prizes
In a bid to increase vaccination rates to combat the Delta variant’s growing spread, Gov. Mike Parson announced Wednesday an…
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Coronavirus
‘The surge is coming,’ Springfield mayor warns other Missouri cities
With hospitals swamped and hundreds of cases daily from a Delta variant surge of infection, Springfield is a warning of what is…
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Coronavirus
July 4 weekend sparks virus cases, ventilator shortage in Missouri
(AP) — The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients jumped by nearly 27% over the Fourth of July weekend in a…
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Coronavirus
Missouri COVID cases may ‘double or triple’ in July
During June, as the Delta variant of COVID-19 took hold in Missouri, the seven-day average of new cases doubled. And…
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Coronavirus
Missouri leads nation with highest rate of new COVID cases
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Missouri now leads the nation with the highest rate of new COVID-19 infections as vaccinations lag…
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Police Accountability
O’Fallon, Mo., police chief resigns over new Missouri gun law
O’FALLON, MO. (AP) — The police chief of O’Fallon has resigned over concerns about a new Missouri law that would…
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News
Fewer 2020 traffic stops in Missouri, but racial disparity remains
(AP) — Traffic stops and arrests resulting from those stops declined sharply in Missouri last year due in large part…
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Health
Free testing aims to curb sexually transmitted infections ignored as COVID-19 spread
As the case counts of the COVID-19 coronavirus began to tick up across Missouri in March 2020, providers who offer…
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News
Homeless crisis looms with federal eviction moratorium on shaky legal ground
At least once a day, housing advocate Melissa Pashia speaks to someone who is living in a car. Once the situation…
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News
State to end all federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri will end participation in all federal pandemic-related jobless insurance programs as of June 13. Gov. Mike Parson, a…
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Coronavirus
Missouri in no rush to spend $2.7B of flexible pandemic aid
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri will get nearly $2.7 billion of flexible federal aid under a coronavirus relief law, but…
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News
Push to put benefit limits on Missouri unemployment debt goes down in House
A bill to forgive mistakenly paid unemployment benefit from 2020 will include a waiver for debts to the state but won’t include…
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Women
Bipartisan coalition hopes to fund free tampons, pads in Missouri prisons
In Missouri, incarcerated women’s access to feminine hygiene products depends on where they’re housed. Some are forced to pay to…
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Politics
Missouri is latest state to thwart voter-approved policies
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers recently shut down attempts to pay for Medicaid expansion, in what is the latest…
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Coronavirus
Missouri COVID-19 cases top 500,000; more than 8,700 deaths
(AP) — The number of Missourians who have been infected with the coronavirus has now topped the half-million mark. The…
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Kids
Adoptive, foster families and children get more help
JEFFERSON CITY – Two new Missouri laws signed by Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday support Missouri adoptive families and children in foster…
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Politics
Missouri lawmakers strike deal on anti-abortion language in Medicaid funding bill
Abortion opponents think they have a deal that would curtail the availability of some contraceptive options for Medicaid recipients that won’t endanger…
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Coronavirus
Missouri to begin $5M COVID-19 vaccination campaign
Missouri is preparing to launch a $5 million ad campaign to urge residents to get the coronavirus vaccine as appointment…
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Coronavirus
U.S. opens more distance in global race against coronavirus
The United States opened more distance between itself and much of the rest of the world Thursday, nearing the 200…
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Coronavirus
Vaccine appointments begin to go unfilled in Missouri
Vaccine appointments begin to go unfilled in Missouri (AP) — Coronavirus vaccine supply is starting to outpace demand in Missouri,…
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Health
Missouri House backs easing access to HIV prevention drugs
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A bill that would make it easier to obtain drugs to prevent HIV infection won easy…
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News
Missouri on hook for legal fees for violating Sunshine Law
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is on the hook for nearly $138,000 in legal fees and expenses after an…
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News
Scramble starts for Missouri’s share of federal COVID-19 cash
With Missouri in line for almost $3 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds, cities, schools and other agencies are lining up…
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Coronavirus
Missouri opens up COVID-19 vaccines to all 16 and older
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Everyone 16 and older in Missouri is now eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations. State officials had announced…
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Coronavirus
Days after all Missouri adults are eligible for vaccine, state expects fewer doses
Missouri officials expect to see hundreds of thousands of fewer vaccine doses than anticipated next week, just days after eligibility…
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Opinion
Holding Medicaid hostage over birth control defies law and reason
While playing politics with health care in Missouri is certainly nothing new, holding Missouri Medicaid hostage over basic birth control…
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Coronavirus
Parson rejects idea of vaccine passports
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that he wouldn’t require so-called vaccine passports in Missouri but was…
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Politics
Missouri sues over tax cut penalties in federal COVID-19 relief bill
Missouri became on Monday the first state to challenge a punitive provision of the $1.9 billion federal COVID-19 relief bill signed early…
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