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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will use his first joint address to Congress to pitch a $1.8 trillion investment in children, families and education that would transform the role government plays in American life. Biden delivers the Wednesday speech on the eve of his 100th day in office. Biden will make his case before…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri House committee unanimously endorsed a proposal to increase the state’s gasoline tax. The House Transportation Committee’s vote on Monday sends the measure to the full House, where some Republicans oppose raising taxes. If it’s approved, Missouri’s gasoline tax would increase 12.5 cents over five years, resulting in a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is preparing to sign an executive order to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour for federal contractors. Administration officials say the order will provide a pay bump to hundreds of thousands of those workers. They say that workers will become more productive as a result, so the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has reduced the salary of a St. Louis lawmaker who was censured after being accused of having sex with a Capitol intern and lying during an investigation. Rep. Wile Price IV, a Democrat from St. Louis, is receiving $1,000 less a month, as the House seeks to…
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois health officials on Sunday reported 2,035 new cases of COVID-19 including 24 new deaths. The preliminary statewide positivity rate for the past week, as a percentage of total tests, is 3.5%, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The department announced late Friday that Illinois is resuming use of the…
(AP) — Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the China-born Zhao also became just the second woman — and the first woman of color — to win best director. “Nomadland” also earned Frances McDormand an Oscar for her lead performance in the wistful portrait of itinerant lives on…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Body camera and dashcam footage released in the days following the police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant depict a scene filled with chaos. The police footage of Tuesday’s shooting in Columbus shows the split-second decision police make in moments of high-pressure calls involving a weapon. The footage helps paint a picture…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is resuming use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after federal scientific advisers decided its benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clots. The state made the announcement Friday night in a tweet in response to U.S. health officials lifting an 11-day pause on the single-dose vaccine. The…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has launched its third crew in under a year for NASA, this time using a recycled rocket and capsule. A Falcon rocket carrying four astronauts blasted into orbit early Friday morning from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. The Dragon capsule should reach the International Space Station on Saturday. It’s the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Troopers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol will help St. Louis police patrol Interstate 70 in the city in the wake of shootings that killed a woman and left a teenager critically hurt. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday that troopers will focus on weekend evening hours. St. Louis police Chief…