JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson is calling for higher teacher pay and money to increase access for child care. Parson outlined some of the ways he wants to spend nearly $2.8 billion in federal COVID-19 aid during his State of the State address on Wednesday. Parson is asking the GOP-led…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A task force created by Gov. Mike Parson is recommending several steps that could help small businesses in the state recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The task force’s final report was issued Monday. The recommendations include improving childcare availability and affordability; expanding hospitality industry apprenticeships; and promoting and enhancing existing…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is recommending a 5.5% pay raise and a $15-an-hour minimum wage for state employees. The Republican governor said he wants the pay increase to take effect Feb. 1. It would need approval from the state Legislature when the session begins in January. The pay raise would…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson is refusing to help enforce President Joe Biden’s federal coronavirus vaccine mandate in some limited instances. Parson issued an executive order Thursday banning his administration from enforcing the mandate when individuals refuse COVID-19 vaccination for religious or medical reasons. The mandate says companies with at least…
A federal appeals court panel has blocked Missouri from enforcing a sweeping state abortion law that bans the procedures at or after eight weeks of pregnancy. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis handed down the ruling Wednesday. The panel heard arguments in September in the legal battle…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is the last state to adopt a statewide prescription drug database to flag possible opioid misuse. Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Monday signed the bill into law. The law enables a statewide database to provide doctors and pharmacists with a patient’s prescription history. The goal is to help medical…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s governor and health director are warning local entities responsible for COVID-19 vaccinations to stick with the state’s priority list or risk losing future distributions. Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday raised concerns about vaccinators going rogue and allowing some people who are not yet eligible for the vaccine to jump ahead…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican and Democratic Missouri leaders are speaking out against rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol. GOP Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday decried the angry supporters of President Donald Trump for breaking the law and occupying the Capitol in a chaotic protest and violent protest. Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley has…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri expects to receive more than 220,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines by around Christmas, and the first vaccinations could begin by next Thursday if federal authorization for emergency use is granted. Gov. Mike Parson’s office said Friday that Missouri should receive an initial shipment of 51,675 doses of the Pfizer…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Saint Louis University study shows mask mandates in St. Louis and St. Louis County slowed the spread of the coronavirus this summer. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Wednesday that the study compared St. Louis and St. Louis County infections to neighboring Franklin, St. Charles and Jefferson counties. The study found…