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Leaders of St. Louis-based art institutions say they’re optimistic that the Biden administration will safeguard arts funding and help artists and organizations that have lost revenue during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The St. Charles County Department of Public Health kicked off a vaccination effort Tuesday by giving doses of the coronavirus vaccine to health care workers and emergency personnel. Officials will use the Family Arena over the next seven weeks to vaccinate those who work or live in St. Charles County.
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Majority Leader Caleb Rowden tweeted that the chamber would delay its session until after the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Hoping to help relieve pressure on meat supply chains seen during the pandemic, federal and state agencies are looking to boost small meatpacking operations, but the benefit may be different and take a while.
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The Missouri House on Tuesday passed a $1.2 billion supplemental budget with a vote of 133-4. Most of the money is federal coronavirus relief funds.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has called a second special legislative session to begin on Thursday, Nov. 5, to deal with a supplemental budget bill. The main priority is ensuring the state has access to additional federal funding for coronavirus response and recovery.
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Bonus payments from the federal government because of the coronavirus were the difference in total farm income going up instead of dropping.
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St. Louis County Councilwoman Rita Heard Days, D-Bel Nor, introduced legislation on Tuesday that requires the council to vote on appropriations individually. In April, the council voted along party lines to give the county executive the ultimate authority to distribute nearly $175 million in CARES Act funds.
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Madison County will distribute $1.7 million to small businesses that were hit especially hard by stay-at-home orders earlier this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The main goal of the funding is to help small businesses cover existing or new costs that were caused by the pandemic.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday he will use $125 million in federal funding for job training and to assist public universities in the fall.…