With $175 million in hand in federal stimulus money for the coronavirus response, St. Louis county government is deeply divided over how to decide how to spend it.
The federal government sent the money...
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page announced a plan Tuesday to reopen county parks, even as his extended stay-at-home order remains in effect.
Page’s announcement at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday opened 33 parks...
St. Louis County now has $175 million in federal stimulus funds for the coronavirus response on hand, and a transparency portal to track all related spending and contracts is now live on the county website.
County...
A Mehlville School District employee who handed out grab-and-go meals for the district this week is being tested for the coronavirus.
The district sent an email to all parents Thursday morning saying...
Victims of domestic violence in St. Louis County can now file for an order of protection online, a move the court says is “now safer, simpler and easier for victims” during the COVID-19 health emergency.
Victims...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first diagnostic test with a home collection option for COVID-19.
Specifically, the FDA re-issued the emergency use authorization for the Laboratory...
Two residents have died in an outbreak of the coronavirus at a state-owned group home for the developmentally disabled in South County.
Of the 19 positive cases of the coronavirus linked to the state-run...
Missouri is joining a growing list of states nationwide that have seen protests against the stay-at-home orders handed down by most governors in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Over the weekend...
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page tweeted Thursday that he would be extending his executive stay-at-home order indefinitely from April 22 through at least mid-May, without a set end date. Our Facebook...
By Madison Czopek, Missouri News Network
• April 18, 2020
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said he supports legislators’ decision to return to the Capitol on April 27, which was announced Monday by Sen. Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia.
“I’m glad they’re coming back,”...
