Rescue aid package may reduce income gap, but for how long?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have celebrated President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan as a blow against one of…
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Quest for significance, respect underlies white supremacist movement, more
President Joe Biden’s fundamental pitch to America has been about dignity and respect. He never tires of repeating his father’s…
Missouri virus cases tick upward after months of decline
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s rate of new coronavirus cases is ticking upward after months of decline. The state’s coronavirus…
Pandemic hasn’t hit Missouri finances as hard as expected
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A year ago, Gov. Mike Parson and other state leaders were bracing for the worst, acknowledging…
St. Louis to be a center for Biden’s virus recovery plan
ST. LOUIS – The city is going to be one of the Stimulus Command Centers to implement President Joe Biden’s…
Celebration of openness has special urgency
A year ago this week, the world descended into the throes of the COVID-19 crisis. It’s fitting that our year…
Parson plans special funding cycle to aid youth
JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson is offering more aid for young Missourians. Parson has announced a special cycle of the…
Missouri House backs curbs on COVID business closures
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Extended business closures by local health departments, as seen earlier in the coronavirus pandemic, would require…
CDC updates rules for the vaccinated; exclusive interview with Dr. Garza
ST. LOUIS • Dr. Alex Garza, the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force commander, shared some of the new CDC guidelines…
More restrictions eased as 1 million Missourians vaccinated
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A year after Missouri confirmed its first COVID-19 infection, local governments are continuing to relax coronavirus…
Parade helps Ferguson cancer survivor celebrate 6th birthday
FERGUSON – Paydenn was turning 6 but couldn’t have a birthday party, between the coronavirus pandemic and the fact that…
Vaccine is slow to reach Black Missourians
When the pandemic hit St. Louis last March, it soon became clear that the majority of COVID hospital patients were coming…
Year into pandemic, Missouri data miss 80,000 cases, 1,000 deaths
The Hickory County Health Department reported 853 total local COVID-19 cases in its weekly update Friday, five more than a week…
Open spaces, no pharmacies: Rural U.S. confronts vaccine void
SURRY, Va. (AP) — When Charlome Pierce searched where her 96-year-old father could get a COVID-19 vaccine in January, she…
Area researchers eye COVID-19-related disorder in children
(AP) — Medical researchers in St. Louis are trying to determine why a small percentage of children and young adults…
Adding antigen tests to Missouri COVID-19 report will boost positive case counts
Data on COVID-19 infections that local health departments have been reporting for months – and telling their residents represent the…