The spread of COVID-19 closed schools, ended sport seasons, canceled proms and all but rendered senior year celebrations kaput for the class of 2020. But one way or another, Kansas City area districts say they will save graduation, The Kansas ...

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said his plan to reopen the state from the coronavirus shutdown will include guidance for attending church services, sports and other activities and events. Parson said during a news conference Friday that Missourians have “stepped up ...

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has extended Missouri’s statewide stay-at-home order through May 3, but pledged the next day “people are going to go back to work” so the state’s economy can begin to recover from the coronavirus shutdown. But most ...

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Sunday that his administration is strongly encouraging the cancellation or suspension of public events with more than 50 people following federal health officials’ recommendations that those events be halted in an attempt to slow the ...

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday declared a state of emergency in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus. The state Department of Health and Senior Services on Saturday announced the state’s fifth case of COVID-19, an individual in ...

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said he plans to fight efforts to expand the number of people eligible for government health care, as a ballot initiative to do so gains momentum. Advocates are collecting signatures to put the issue on November’s ...

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson this week called for a new state savings fund and reaffirmed his support for gun rights in face of a spike in violence in the state’s biggest cities. Parson identified both as top goals for the ...

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has appointed two Democratic state senators from Kansas City to new executive branch jobs. The Republican governor on Monday announced the appointments of of Sen. Shalonn “Kiki” Curls to the state Labor and Industrial Relations Commission ...

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he’s not convinced that unregulated and untaxed video gambling terminals in the state are illegal, even as investigators in his administration work to halt their spread. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Parson, who is ...

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, city leaders and police chiefs have proposed a three-pronged plan to fight gun violence that includes keeping firearms from minors, domestic abusers and violent offenders. St. Louis, Kansas City and Springfield all have experienced spikes in ...

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Wednesday that six additional counties affected by flooding and severe storms are now eligible for federal assistance, according to a news release. Those counties are: Callaway, Jefferson, Lewis, McDonald, Newton and Saline. The release stated Federal Emergency Management Agency officials ...

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