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Stories by Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
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Parson Signs $4.6B Spending Plan, House Approves Bill Targeting Medicaid Expansion
First Bill of the Legislative Session
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Confusion Around COVID Ruling Swirls as Two Missouri School Districts End Semester Early
Local health officials say they’re still waiting on guidance from the state on how to interpret a recent court ruling, and one health department requested to intervene in the case
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Missouri Attorney General Tells Schools, Health Departments to End COVID Orders
Schmitt Demands Agencies Stop ‘Enforcing and Publicizing Any Such Orders Immediately’ or Face Court Action
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Judge Rules Against AG Challenge to Masks in Missouri Schools. Columbia Case Continues
If the attorney general’s office wants to challenge school mask rules across the state, it will have to do so with individual cases
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Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Focus on Inequity in Education, Not Critical Race Theory
Former educators said they have never encountered the teaching of critical race theory in their classes
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Lawmakers Say Special Session Likely Unneeded to Fund Missouri Medicaid Expansion
Supplemental funding can likely wait until the next regular session that starts in January
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Parson Announces Missouri Vaccine Incentive Lottery With $10,000 Prizes
Donald Kauerauf, a former assistant director in the Illinois Department of Public Health, will serve as Missouri’s new state health director
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After Outrage Over Unused Vaccines at Rural Clinics, Parson Vows More KC, St. Louis Events
Doses Unused, Wasted at Rural Events Last Week
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‘Just Not Enough People’: Health Care Workers Face Fatigue as COVID-19 Surges
Staffing Shortage Becoming Critical
Funding for Flatland
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William T. Kemper, Commerce Bank, Trustee
Jo Anna Dale
Herbert & Bonnie Buchbinder