Businesses oppose ban on COVID vaccine mandates, argue it’s their choice
Proposals that would bar COVID-19 vaccine mandates and provide greater exemptions for vaccinations more broadly faced a wave of opposition…
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St. Louis bucked trend, saw homicides decline in 2021
ST. LOUIS – In 2021, a year when many U.S. cities saw a substantial increase in killings, St. Louis registered…
Congressional Black Caucus calls for Senate action on voting rights
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden planned to meet with Senate Democrats on Thursday to push for the swift passage of…
COVID cases set new monthly record as Omicron variant spreads through Missouri
Missouri has reported more cases of COVID-19 in the first 12 days of January than any full month of the…
Stressed hospitals are forced to hunt for ventilators
(AP) — Doctors in Missouri and Kansas are hunting down ventilators and running out of monoclonal antibodies as COVID-19 patient…
Missouri Supreme Court rules against virtual trials
There are no “sick days” for constitutional rights, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday as it overturned the results of a…
Education committee puts early focus on parental rights, critical race theory
The first education debate of the 2022 legislative session featured hours of discussion on Tuesday of a proposed “parents’ bill…
Nearly 60 police chiefs back suit against Missouri gun law
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nearly 60 Missouri police chiefs are supporting a lawsuit that raises concerns about a new state…
Parson pushes for bill to boost cost of Sunshine Law requests
Amending Missouri’s open records law to permit government agencies to withhold more information from the public — and charge more…
Conservative groups target states’, local voter registration rolls
North Carolina’s voter rolls are like a refrigerator that needs to be cleared periodically of rotting milk and other items…
Lawmakers eye expansion of Missouri school choice program
Coming off of last year’s success passing a tax credit to fund scholarships to pay for private school tuition, school…
Missouri redistricting begins with divide over tilting map more heavily in GOP’s favor
As lawmakers officially kicked off the process of redrawing the state’s congressional districts on Monday, the continued divide among Republicans…
History, art museums close as COVID strikes public, staffs
ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Historical Society — which operates the Missouri History Museum, Soldiers Memorial Military Museum, and the MHS…
Centene settles with N.H. for $21.1 million over pharmacy services costs
(AP) — St. Louis-based Centene Corp. has reached a $21.1 million settlement with New Hampshire over the inaccurate reporting of…
Missouri virus hospitalizations set yet more records as cases surge
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The number of people being treated for COVID-19 across Missouri continues to set records as virus…
Deadlines loom on $5.3B spending bill for Missouri Medicaid, federal COVID aid for schools
With Gov. Mike Parson promising state employees a pay raise by Feb. 1 and the state’s Medicaid program likely to run short…