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Missouri to drop extra federal pandemic unemployment aid June 12
(AP) — Gov. Mike Parson says he’s cutting off all federal pandemic unemployment benefits to Missourians. Parson on Tuesday announced…
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Covid restrictions challenged in lawsuit
Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed a lawsuit challenging St. Louis County’s COVID-19 restrictions, citing concerns about their…
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Tracking down skipping students because of the pandemic
U.S. educators are doing everything they can to track down high school students who stopped showing up to classes and…
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Missouri in no rush to spend $2.7B of flexible pandemic aid
(AP) Missouri will get nearly $2.7 billion of flexible federal aid under President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief act. But the…
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Kansas lawmakers want to keep cocktails to go after pandemic
(AP) The state that made saloon smasher Carrie Nation famous is moving to allow people to get beer and cocktails…
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Audit requested in St. Louis Covid relief funds
The St. Louis County Council is asking Governor Mike Parson to request State Auditor Nicole Galloway to investigate the spending…
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5,000 COVID-19 victims; Kelly orders flags at half-staff
(AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday directed that flags be lowered to half-staff across the state to recognize…
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Missouri meat and poultry processors awarded nearly $17 million toward food supply expansions
The Missouri Department of Agriculture has awarded $16,716,406 in CARES Act funding to nearly 150 small and medium-sized businesses. As a…
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MO prisoner covid vaccinations
Nearly half of Missouri’s state prisoners have been given a coronavirus vaccination. Missouri Department of Corrections data show nearly 10,800…
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Oklahoma no longer accepting full federal vaccine allocation
(AP) Oklahoma is no longer accepting its full federal allocation of coronavirus vaccines as demand for the doses has fallen.…
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