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Few Missouri dairy cows have been tested for bird flu virus

10 months 4 weeks ago
WASHINGTON — As the number of dairy cows infected with a strain of bird flu virus grows across the country, 17 of Missouri’s roughly 60,000 dairy cows have been tested while agriculture officials and farmers keep watch for signs that the outbreak has entered the state. So far, Missouri farmers haven’t reported any cows with […]
Mary McCue Bell

Incumbent Missouri Treasurer faces four-way Republican primary

10 months 4 weeks ago
Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek is facing a trio of Republicans running full-fledged campaigns to unseat him in the GOP primary next month, as the first-time candidate vies to earn a full term in the office he was appointed to in 2022. Malek faces off with state Sen. Andrew Koenig, state Rep. Cody Smith and […]
Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri governor allows ā€˜flawed’ bill on drug discounts to become law

10 months 4 weeks ago
A bill favoring Missouri pharmacies and health care providers in a national dispute with drugmakers will become law without Gov. Mike Parson’s signature. The legislation, which passed both chambers with veto-proof majorities, bars pharmaceutical manufacturers from limiting where they will deliver drugs purchased at a discount under a federal program intended to help providers serving […]
Rudi Keller

Republican candidates trade barbs in Missouri gubernatorial primary debate

10 months 4 weeks ago
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and state Sen. Bill Eigel exchanged sharp attacks on each other and absent opponent Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe at one of the rare debates in the GOP gubernatorial primary Thursday night.Ā  Ashcroft and Eigel were joined on stage at Parkway West High School in Chesterfield by Chris Wright, a Joplin […]
Rudi Keller

Biden camp works to stem growing Democratic unease over reelection prospects

11 months ago
President Joe Biden faced perhaps the most consequential day yet for his ailing reelection campaign Thursday, with a press conference at the NATO annual meeting scheduled for late afternoon, as private talks among Democrats on Capitol Hill about his fitness for office extended and calls for him to withdraw from the race spread. Biden’s solo […]
Jacob Fischler

Governor signs bill designed to lower suicide rate of Missouri veteransĀ 

11 months ago
Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation Thursday to make preventing veteran suicide a top priority for the state agency that aids these residents, the Missouri Veterans Commission.Ā  The suicide rate among Missouri’s veterans is nearly double the state rate and one of the highest in the country. After three years of trying, Republican state Rep. Dave […]
Rebecca Rivas

Company at center of Missouri marijuana recall faces $20 million lawsuit

11 months ago
Delta Extraction, the Robertsville-based marijuana manufacturer at the center of Missouri’s massive product recall last year, is being sued for nearly $20 million in unpaid invoices and loss of revenue by a former contractor. SND Equipment Leasing is a Missouri company that created the THC concentrate oil that led to regulators’ decision to pull more […]
Rebecca Rivas

NATO leaders in D.C. condemn Russia as Zelenskyy thanks Congress for Ukraine aid

11 months ago
WASHINGTON — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited U.S. lawmakers Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, where world leaders are pledging additional support to the Eastern European nation as it battles Russia’s continued assault. Zelenskyy met House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other senators […]
Ashley Murray

U.S. Senate GOP blocks bill proclaiming congressional support for abortion access

11 months ago
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate gridlocked over reproductive rights on Wednesday, when Republicans blocked Democrats from advancing a measure that would have expressed support for abortion access. The failed 49-44 procedural vote was just one in a string of votes Senate Democrats are holding this summer to highlight the differences between the two political parties […]
Jennifer Shutt

U.S. House passes bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal races

11 months ago
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would require individuals registering to vote to provide proof of citizenship to participate in federal elections. The legislation, passed 221-198, would also require states to check their voter rolls for registered noncitizens. TheĀ Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE, is intended to prevent […]
Lia Chien

Missouri leads seven states challenging health care protections for transgender Americans

11 months ago
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is leading a coalition of seven states challenging a rule by the Biden administration that would preempt state restrictions on gender-affirming care.Ā  Filed in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Wednesday, the states are seeking to block the regulation and prevent the federal government from […]
Annelise Hanshaw

Federal regulator: Pharmacy middlemen appear to be raising prices, hurting patients

11 months ago
The federal trade watchdog on Tuesday releasedĀ an interim reportĀ saying that sprawling health care conglomerates are driving out competition in the pharmacy sector and appear to be increasing prices in the process. The interim report comes after the Federal Trade Commission in 2022 announced that it was undertakingĀ a sweeping investigationĀ of pharmacy middlemen known as pharmacy benefit […]
Marty Schladen

Biden commends NATO strength, pledges more aid for Ukraine against Russia

11 months ago
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said NATO ā€œis more powerful than everā€ in remarks Tuesday to honor the 75th anniversary of the alliance and reaffirm allied support for Ukraine one day after Russian missile strikes on a children’s hospitalĀ killedĀ dozens in Kyiv. Biden spoke at the annual North American Treaty Organization’s summit happening this week in […]
Ashley Murray

United by their objections to Trump, congressional Dems largely close ranks behind Biden

11 months ago
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats appeared to quell some inner tumult over supporting President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, after highly anticipated internal meetings Tuesday showed the president retained considerable support from the Congressional Black Caucus and other lawmakers in public statements. Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, Democrats from both chambers largely declined to detail their […]
Ashley Murray

Missouri’s long-awaited I-70 expansion project begins near Columbia

11 months ago
Construction crews began work Monday night on an ambitious $2.8 billion project that will expand Interstate 70 to three lanes across Missouri. Crews are first tackling a stretch from Route J at Millersburg to Route M at Hatton, 7 miles of a 20-mile section that will ultimately add a third lane in each direction from […]
Grace Burwell