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Faith Andrews-O’Neal, a Raymore native who's in her sophomore year at Columbia University, has gotten a study in contrasts in how New York handles the pandemic differently from Missouri.
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More than 120 bills have been filed by Missouri legislators covering a wide range of topics, from teaching about race and bias to parental rights.
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Mayor cites progress for city's houseless population as one of the best achievements of the year.
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With the Omicron variant in Wyandotte County and COVID-19 numbers rising, health directors in Clay County, Missouri and Johnson County, Kansas see problems ahead.
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A recent study found that nearly 1,900 Missourians who died of COVID-19 would have survived 2020 with a statewide mask mandate. But mask requirements have become a political touchstone in Missouri and around the country, with clear partisan dividing lines.
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Stephanie Tennill, an associate professor of music at St. Louis University and a former opera singer, knew COVID-19 wasn’t going away but was eager for music performances to come back.
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Commissioners with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, put aside concerns from public health officials about growing COVID-19 cases when it voted to drop its mask mandate Thursday.
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has promised lawsuits against school districts over COVID-19 safety measures like masks and quarantine orders, saying they're unconstitutional. Now, the state treasurer says he won't sign off on money-saving bond deals unless the districts drop their protocols.
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Local health officials say they’re still waiting on guidance from the state on how to interpret a recent court ruling, and one health department requested to intervene in the case.
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Missouri's two largest counties say "chaos now reigns" in the state after a judge's ruling handcuffed local health departments from issuing COVID orders. Plus, conservatives in the Kansas Legislature want to ban critical race theory in schools, but educators worry those efforts could hamper their ability to teach history honestly.
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Missouri’s attorney general says a ruling from a Cole County judge invalidates mask mandates for both local health authorities and school districts, but a St. Louis University law professor disagrees, saying it depends on who is issuing the order.
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Jackson and St. Louis counties are asking to appeal a Cole County judge's ruling that said local health departments in Missouri cannot issue health orders. Attorney general Eric Schmitt declined to appeal the case.