COVID-19 relief bill won’t include $1,200 checks, lawmakers say
WASHINGTON (AP) — With time running out, lawmakers closed in Sunday on a proposed COVID-19 relief bill that would provide roughly…
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City board upholds condemnation of ‘Land of Giants’
VISITATION PARK – After years of forming fun and somewhat odd creations at the City Museum, Bill Christman set his…
Children’s hospitals treating adults as virus surges
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Children’s hospitals here have started treating adult patients as area hospitals struggle to keep up with…
Congress wrestles with COVID-19 relief deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — After numerous fits and starts and months of inaction, optimism is finally building in Washington for a…
Biden secures enough electors to become president
California certified its presidential election Friday and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, officially handing him…
Missouri to vaccinate priority groups by end of year
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s health director said Friday that the state should be able to vaccinate all hospital workers,…
[Updated] Jones attempts to join Reed, Spencer in race for mayor
UPDATE on December 3, 2020: Jones turned in petitions for mayor on Monday but didn’t have enough signatures to become…
Missouri Senate approves COVID spending bill
The Missouri Senate approved on Wednesday a $1.3 billion bill to spend remaining federal CARES Act, funds, without any debate…
Judge reinstates St. Louis County’s 2015 court reform provisions
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A judge has reinstated parts of a 2015 court reform law spurred by protests after the…
Clay helps lead effort to rid Constitution of loophole for prison labor
NEW YORK (AP) — National lawmakers introduced on Wednesday a joint resolution aimed at striking language from the U.S. Constitution…
Missouri senators advance $1.2 billion virus aid package
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Senate budget committee gave initial approval on Tuesday to a $1.2 billion coronavirus aid…
Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump’s census plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sounded skeptical Monday that President Donald Trump could categorically exclude people living in the…
People exposed to virus may need to trace own contacts
New cases of the novel coronavirus are so rampant that Missouri’s local health departments can’t investigate them all, meaning some…
Fauci warns of ‘surge upon surge’ of virus
The nation’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday that the U.S. may see “surge upon a surge” of the coronavirus…
Missouri Senate to vote this week on COVID-19 funding
The Missouri Senate will meet this week to consider a $1.3 billion COVID-19 spending bill, but the timeline for debating…
Wilton Gregory becomes first Black American Catholic cardinal
Wilton Gregory, archbishop of Washington and once the bishop of the Belleville diocese, is now the first African-American Catholic cardinal.…