Parson moves up Medicaid expansion vote to August from November election
May 27, 2020
Voters will weigh a citizen-led ballot measure on Medicaid expansion in August, after Gov. Mike Parson moved it up from the November election. During Parson’s COVID-19 briefing Tuesday, the governor announced that he is placing Medicaid expansion on the ballot for the Aug. 4 primary election. The group ...
Memorial Day ceremony at Jefferson Barracks canceled, but cemetery visitors still allowed
May 20, 2020
The typical Memorial Day ceremony at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery will not happen this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration announced last week it will commemorate Memorial Day this year with solemn wreath-laying ceremonies, rather t...
Among the legislation proposed this year was Murphy’s idea for ‘baby boxes’
By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter
May 19, 2020
Most of the bills considered by the Missouri Legislature in 2020 stalled due to the coronavirus outbreak, including legislation passed through a House committee that would create “baby boxes” as a place a parent could surrender a child 45 days or younger without being prosecuted. The bill, filed by R...
Judge dismisses Christians’ lawsuit challenging St. Louis County stay-at-home order
By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor
May 13, 2020
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of Christians alleging that St. Louis County’s stay-at-home order violates their religious freedom by banning large in-person church services. In the lawsuit filed April 28 and dismissed Sunday, St. Louis County residents Lauren Hawse, husband...
Mercy furloughs workers, cuts jobs starting this week; unclear how many at Mercy South
May 12, 2020
Mercy is furloughing employees and cutting jobs across its four-state system starting this week due to the coronavirus, but it’s unclear how many of those layoffs and job cuts will happen in St. Louis. The furloughs will start this week and continue through the end of July, as needed, Mercy said in...
Federal judge sides with St. Louis County that COVID-19 lockdowns do not violate Constitution
By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor
May 11, 2020
A federal judge has denied two business owners’ motion for a restraining order to end the current stay-at-home orders in St. Louis, blocking efforts to reopen “nonessential” businesses shut down in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. St. Louis County gym owner Allan Finnegan, who lives in Manchest...
Ft. Leonard Wood officials quiet about investigation into COVID-19
By Spencer Norris, Missouri News Network
May 10, 2020
Officials at Fort Leonard Wood have opened an investigation into the spread of COVID-19 on the base but refuse to answer many questions about how they are managing a situation that a local official says left hundreds quarantined. Tiffany Wood, director of public affairs at Fort Leonard Wood’s Maneuver...
Bill would allow some with COVID-19 concerns to vote absentee
By Seth Bodine, Missouri News Network
May 10, 2020
A bill endorsed by a Missouri House committee last week would let Missouri residents vote absentee if they are at risk of contracting or transmitting COVID-19 and the governor has declared a state of emergency. The House Elections and Elected Officials Committee approved the bill on a party line vote o...
No additional state measures for Missouri employees who feel unsafe returning to work
By Ian McManus, Missouri News Network
May 9, 2020
Gov. Mike Parson said last week that the state will leave safety oversight to individual businesses as they are allowed to reopen. Parson said during a news conference that the state would in many ways revert to normal operations as of May 4, with businesses and other institutions largely responsible ...
St. Louis County is home to COVID-19 vaccine development
By Claire Colby, Missouri News Network
May 9, 2020
A Pfizer facility in Chesterfield is working to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. “In a short order of time, we worked closely with regulatory authorities and accelerated what typically would have taken months into weeks and weeks into a matter of days in order to rapidly and safely enter the clinic,...
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