Missouri House pushes higher bar for constitutional changes
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A proposal to make it harder to amend the Missouri Constitution passed the Republican-led House on…
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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…
Missouri House passes bill for guns on public transit
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri’s House has passed a bill to allow guns on St. Louis buses and other forms…
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…
Blunt won’t seek re-election in 2022
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said in a surprise announcement Monday that he would not seek…
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…
Tishaura Jones’ No. 1 election rank isn’t surprising, UMSL professor says
CITY HALL – Tishaura Jones’ first-place finish in Tuesday’s primary election for mayor was no surprise to UMSL political science…
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…
Parson visits to assess vaccination efforts here
ST. LOUIS – Gov. Mike Parson was in the area today taking stock of the vaccination efforts ongoing in the…
Vaccine-help group faces charges of politics, censorship
A Facebook group hailed by local media for helping St. Louisans find vaccination sites for scarce COVID-19 vaccines is facing…
Incumbent aldermen come out on top in city primary election
CITY HALL – In the first round of the city’s elections for aldermen, the clear winners were incumbents. Only one…
Jaco: St. Louis changes course; most eligible voters don’t care
Whether St. Louis’s profound shift toward progressives in the March 2 primary can solve the city’s metastasizing problems is debatable.…
In blow for reform prosecutors, no new trial in 1995 murder case
Nearly two years ago, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filed a motion for a new trial for Lamar Johnson,…
Tishaura Jones, Cara Spencer head for mayoral runoff
CITY HALL – A four-way mayoral race is now down to two candidates. Following the first nonpartisan election in St.…