Missouri House sends congressional map to Senate without an emergency clause
A redrawn congressional map cleared the Missouri House on Wednesday, but without an emergency clause needed for it to go…
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Parson touts COVID-19 response in annual State of State address
Gov. Mike Parson praised his administration’s handling of the still unfolding COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday, telling a joint session of the…
Missouri House backs keeping KC congressional district 6-2 for GOP
The Missouri House overwhelmingly rejected efforts Tuesday to draw a congressional map that would have reconfigured a Democratic seat in…
Attorney General Schmitt renews threat to sue schools over mask, quarantine rules
Missouri is continuing to see record daily coronavirus infections, near-peak COVID-19 caseloads in hospitals and threats from Attorney General Eric Schmitt that he…
Bipartisan lawmakers hope to close domestic violence gun loophole
Marsha Keene-Frye grew up around guns, going hunting with her family from a young age near her home in Mississippi…
December 2021 was the warmest on record in Missouri — by a long shot
Missouri logged its warmest average December temperatures on record last month, according to data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Bill would block cities, counties from enacting EV charging station mandate
A Republican lawmaker is seeking to undercut efforts by officials in the St. Louis area to build more electric vehicle…
COVID task force issues recommendations for small businesses
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A task force set up to consider how to help Missouri’s small businesses recover from the…
Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not only civil rights at home
On July 2, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. stood behind President Lyndon Baines Johnson as the Texan signed into law the…
Surge in virus hospitalizations makes transfers difficult
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The current surge in virus cases in Missouri driven by the spread of the highly contagious…
Online orders for free at-home COVID tests to begin Jan. 19
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday launched a new website for Americans to request up to four free COVID-19…
Remembering MLK’s St. Louis speech on the future of integration
In November 1960, Ben Uchitelle was a young father who had just moved to St. Louis to start his career…
Judge hears arguments over whether Missouri House rule violates Sunshine Law
A government transparency advocate argued Friday that the Missouri House of Representatives is defying the will of the voters by…
‘Voter-Cade’ through north St. Louis will honor King’s life, legacy
A motorcade, voter registration, COVID-19 vaccinations and more are among events planned for Monday to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin…
COVID hits Missouri nursing homes again; staff hard hit
ST. LOUIS (AP) — COVID-19 infections are rising again in Missouri nursing homes as the highly contagious Omicron variant surges.…
State education board keeps 36-hour virtual learning rule
NORMANDY, Mo. (AP) — School districts struggling with staff absences because of COVID-19 are facing difficult decisions about how to…