Surge in child hunger overwhelms wealthy counties
Alexandra Sierra carried boxes of food to her kitchen counter, where her 7-year-old daughter, Rachell, stirred a pitcher of lemonade.…
Health
Budget plan shows first Missouri savings from Medicaid changes
The first examples of what Missouri taxpayers will save in the coming fiscal year as the federal government shoulders a…
Volunteers are sought to help with vaccinations
(AP) — As the amount of COVID-19 vaccine starts to increase, leaders of the St. Louis region are putting out…
Missouri’s, other states’ rapid COVID-19 vaccine rollout backfired
The first three months of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout suggest that faster is not necessarily better. A surprising new analysis…
‘Vaccine passports’ that show you’re inoculated are on the way
WASHINGTON — More than 70 million Americans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine — and along…
Missouri child care providers wait months for payment
For Aaliyah Bailey, a single mother in St. Peters, Missouri’s child care subsidy program wasn’t there when she needed it…
Zoos aim to curb virus’ spread from people to animals
(AP) — Zoo animals could soon be getting virus shots to protect them from their human caregivers and visitors. “There’s…
Krewson outlines plan for $500 million in federal virus relief
CITY HALL – Mayor Lyda Krewson released on Friday her suggested guidelines for how toinvest the about $500 million the…
Missouri tax deadline pushed to May 17
JEFFERSON CITY – Missourians are getting an extra month to file 2020 tax returns with the Missouri Department of Revenue because…
COVID-19 vaccination will open to all Missourians on April 9
Early next month, every adult in Missouri will be eligible to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as the…
Virus casts long shadow, one year since city’s first case
CITY HALL – After a devastating year of living with COVID-19, officials hope the deaths and hospitalizations the disease brought…
$26,000 fee for public records on ‘alternative to abortion’ program
When the reproductive-rights watchdog Equity Forward received an invoice for its records request to the Missouri Department of Social Services,…
Mass vaccinations coming to SLCC Forest Park campus
ST. LOUIS – A mass vaccination event is planned next week at the Forest Park campus of St. Louis Community…
Jaco: St. Louis’ vaccine hunger games, sponsored by Qpublican extremists
Gov. Mike Parson and his politicized “health” department crowing about Missouri’s “balanced” approach to COVID is like an arsonist hired…
Virus rains on St. Patrick’s Day parade, but Dogtown keeps spirits high
DOGTOWN – For the second year in a row, firetrucks, floats and marching bands will not move down Tamm Avenue…
Page blasts Missouri’s ‘fumbled vaccine rollout’
(AP) — Missouri teachers and other school workers are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, even as St. Louis County Executive…