Affinia Healthcare, Beyond Housing to host COVID-19 vaccination site
PINE LAWN – Affinia Healthcare is hosting a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccination event on Saturday at the headquarters of Beyond Housing.…
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Medicaid expansion fails Missouri Senate committee on tie vote
The Senate Appropriations Committee set the stage for a lengthy floor debate on Medicaid expansion, with a split vote late…
As session nears end, state legislators scramble for LGBTQ protections
With progress stalled and the legislative session nearly over, a bipartisan group of lawmakers hoping to outlaw discrimination against LGBTQ…
Missouri House passes bill for guns in churches, buses
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led House passed this week a bill that would allow guns in churches and on…
Banning trans students from sports teams by gender wins House backing
After hours of fierce debate that spanned the course of two days, the Missouri House signed off Wednesday on a…
Jones outlines plan for spending savings from closing Workhouse
CITY HALL – The easing financial woes brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and what to do with the city’s Medium…
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…
Jones’ swearing-in focuses on possibilities for change
CITY HALL – Tishaura Jones’ inauguration as the city’s first black woman mayor was more than a swearing-in. It was…
Mayor Jones responds to Chauvin guilty verdict
CITY HALL • Mayor Tishaura O. Jones published a statement on Tuesday afternoon regarding today’s news of the guilty verdict of…
Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his…
Pro-mask candidates leave office as Missouri tires of limits
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) — Pro-mask candidates are leaving office and occupancy limits are falling by the wayside in Missouri as…
Tishaura O. Jones is sworn in as St. Louis’ next mayor
CITY HALL • In a swearing-in ceremony at City Hall at noon on Tuesday, Tishaura O. Jones officially took charge of…
Missouri health director resigns
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s health director resigned Tuesday amid the state’s coronavirus vaccine rollout, Gov. Mike Parson announced. Department…
Season’s final meeting of aldermen leaves some ideas high and dry
CITY HALL – With the end of the 2020-2021 session of the Board of Aldermen, a dozen ideas that didn’t…
Missouri pre-K programs meet high standards but serve few, study finds
Missouri’s state-funded preschool programs met quality benchmarks but have room to grow to serve a wider swath of children, according…
Pandemic may help boost diversity in clinical trials
The pandemic has exposed troubling inequities in the United States that have left Black and Hispanic people at higher risk…