After relying on local officials to combat COVID, Parson signs limit on health orders
Gov. Mike Parson’s strategy to contain the spread of COVID-19 was simple: Local officials know best. Statewide mandates emanating from…
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Jones’ stimulus plan will face scrutiny from Board of Aldermen
CITY HALL – Mayor Tishaura Jones’ plan to spend $80 million in federal relief funds may encounter different ideas when…
Original LGBTQIA events are vivid in participants’ memories
ST. LOUIS – Back in 1973, Dan White didn’t like it when a friend told him he wanted to hold…
Just-passed reform bills seek to keep youths out of jail
Retired St. Louis Judge Evelyn Baker once sentenced a 16-year-old Black boy to 241 years in prison for two armed…
Sharp drop in COVID-19 cases brings ‘new phase,’ end to task force briefings
ST. LOUIS – The tone at the last regular news briefing of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force was…
Missouri AG can’t enforce Sunshine Laws in governor’s office because it’s ‘a client’
Attorney General Eric Schmitt has determined his office cannot investigate an alleged violation of Missouri’s open records laws by the…
Lincoln museum to display Emancipation Proclamation to mark Juneteenth
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield will mark Juneteenth — the holiday commemorating…
Reed demands list of cuts to balance short budget
CITY HALL – Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed is demanding that Mayor Tishaura Jones come up with ways to…
Without medical provider tax extension, Missouri budget cuts loom
With only weeks before the new state fiscal year begins, top legislative budget writers think progress in discussions on medical provider…
Racial tension simmers as Southern Baptists gather for key meeting
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Race-related tension within the Southern Baptist Convention is high heading into a national meeting this week.…
Parson signs Missouri bill to ban enforcement of federal gun rules
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill banning local police from enforcing federal gun rules,…
City is renewing push to vaccinate homebound residents
ST. LOUIS – Some of the city’s most vulnerable residents and their caregivers are again getting extra help to fight…
Medicare copays for new Alzheimer’s drug could reach $11,500
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug would raise Medicare premiums broadly, and some patients who are prescribed the…
Restaurants, caterers put the ‘bon appetit’ in food giveaway
ST. LOUIS – Typically, Andrew Murray is busy serving paying customers for his business, Murray’s Catering. But on Friday, he…
Deaths from heart disease, diabetes climbed amid COVID-19
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other…
Pardon of 4-decade inmate not a priority, Parson says
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson says addressing the clemency petition for a man who’s been behind bars for…