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Posts Tagged ‘Missouri Independent’

Missouri Health Department Found Mask Mandates Work, But Didn’t Make Findings Public

By | December 1, 2021 | 0
Donald Kauerauf, the director of the Department of Health and Senior Services, speaks during a press conference at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City on July 21, 2021

Mask mandates saved lives and prevented COVID-19 infections in Missouri’s biggest cities during the worst part of the delta variant wave, an analysis by the state Department of Health and Senior Services shows.

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Federal Grand Jury Subpoenas Sought Records from Missouri Medical Marijuana Regulators

By | November 3, 2021 | 0
Man rolling a joint of medical marijuana.

Twice last year a federal grand jury demanded the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services turn over records pertaining to the medical marijuana program.

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On Top of $1 Billion Fallout from February Cold Snap, Natural Gas Prices Expected to Climb this Winter

By | November 2, 2021 | 0
The Calista Compressor Station serves the Kansas Gas Service’s network in Kansas.

After a historic cold snap depleted natural gas reserves in February, prices for heating could be as much as 30% higher this winter, prompting concerns about increasing bills for Kansas and Missouri customers.

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Judge Rules Against AG Challenge to Masks in Missouri Schools. Columbia Case Continues

By | September 28, 2021 | 0
Boone County Circuit Judge Brouck Jacobs, center, listens to opening statements Tuesday as Solicitor General John Sauer argues for an order blocking mask rules in public schools.

Face masks will stay on for students and teachers in districts requiring them, a Boone County judge ruled Tuesday, handing Attorney General Eric Schmitt a defeat in his efforts to use the courts to block mask mandates.

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Once Upon a Time in Missouri: Republican Attorney General Backed Mandatory Vaccination

By | September 14, 2021 | 0
Mark Kirchhoff, left, a volunteer with Columbia Project Homeless Connect, speaks July 29, 2021 with Taylor Knoth, a public health nurse, at the registration table for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic.

During a 1921 smallpox outbreak in Kansas City, the state health board required vaccine passports to board trains. The case is pertinent in today’s COVID-19 vaccine debate.

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