Office of Missouri Governor
In total, nearly 150 areas across the state’s government agencies saw a reduction in their budgets, but with Monday's announcement, all funding is restored.
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Lewis Reed, Cara Spencer, Tishaura Jones and Andrew Jones are all vying to be St. Louis' next mayor. The primary election is March 2.
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The Missouri House of Representatives gave initial approval to a bill that aims to waive repayment of about 80% of the money the state said it overpaid people last year. -
The proposed charter amendment aims to change the way St. Louis wards are drawn and bring more transparency over conflicts of interest on the Board of Aldermen. If the petition drive is successful, residents would vote on it in a November special election.
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Co-authors John A. Wright Sr. and John A. Wright Jr. discuss the new second edition of “Extraordinary Black Missourians," an updated version of the book first published eight years ago by Reedy Press.
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The House passed a bill that could essentially block the Grain Belt Express from connecting wind farms in Kansas to customers to the east.
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Paul Mensah, a Black chemical engineer and vice president of Bioprocess Research and Development group at Pfizer in St. Louis, led a team of scientists, engineers and technicians to develop Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
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All unused doses were sent to other vaccine providers in the area, state health officials said
We'll talk with Brittany "Tru" Kellman, who received a $1 million grant to train hundreds of doulas in an effort to reduce Missouri's maternal mortality rates and racial disparities. Kellman and her Jamaa Birth Village team are partnering with local nonprofit Generate Health on the three-year project.
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County health centers and St. Louis-area hospital systems have launched online forms where people can pre-register to receive coronavirus vaccinations.