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Tessa Weinberg covers education, health care and the Missouri legislature for the Missouri Independent, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization covering state government, politics and policy.

https://missouriindependent.com/

Stories by Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent

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Recreational Marijuana Makes it on the Missouri Ballot in November

The initiative petition, bankrolled by the medical marijuana industry, appeared to be short the minimum number of valid signatures last month

by Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent

News & Issues

Parson Signs $4.6B Spending Plan, House Approves Bill Targeting Medicaid Expansion

First Bill of the Legislative Session

by Multiple Reporters

News & Issues

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

by Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent

News & Issues

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

by Multiple Reporters

News & Issues

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

by Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent

News & Issues

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

by Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent

News & Issues

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

by Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent

News & Issues

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

by Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent

News & Issues

After Outrage Over Unused Vaccines at Rural Clinics, Parson Vows More KC, St. Louis Events

Doses Unused, Wasted at Rural Events Last Week

by Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent

News & Issues

‘Just Not Enough People’: Health Care Workers Face Fatigue as COVID-19 Surges

Staffing Shortage Becoming Critical

by Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent

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Stories by Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent

Recreational Marijuana Makes it on the Missouri Ballot in November

The initiative petition, bankrolled by the medical marijuana industry, appeared to be short the minimum number of valid signatures last month

Parson Signs $4.6B Spending Plan, House Approves Bill Targeting Medicaid Expansion

First Bill of the Legislative Session

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

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

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

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

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

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

After Outrage Over Unused Vaccines at Rural Clinics, Parson Vows More KC, St. Louis Events

Doses Unused, Wasted at Rural Events Last Week

‘Just Not Enough People’: Health Care Workers Face Fatigue as COVID-19 Surges

Staffing Shortage Becoming Critical

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