State Government
Parson declares COVID pandemic over in Missouri, endemic begins Friday(The Center Square) – Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson announced during a press conference on Wednesday the COVID-19 pandemic was over and the state will begin an endemic phase… Read More
National, State Government
Missouri and Kansas join 19 other states in suing to end the Biden administration’s mask mandates on public transportationAttorneys general for Missouri and Kansas Tuesday joined a lawsuit with 19 other AGs seeking to end the Biden administration’s lingering mask mandate on planes, trains and buses. Read More
Opinion
Op-Ed: Government transparency a victim of COVID-19“Far too often governments routinely deny requests for information with impunity.” – John Cornyn Sunshine Week, launched in 2005 by the American Society of News Editors, is a… Read More
National
College liberty organization celebrating the end of mandates on campuses(The Center Square) – A youth liberty organization, with a chapter in Illinois, is celebrating the end of what they call “COVID-19 tyranny” on campus.Young Americans for Liberty… Read More
National
Airline CEOs ask Biden to lift mask mandate(The Center Square) – A group of 10 major airlines are now calling on President Joe Biden to lift the federal transit mask mandate, one of the last remaining… Read More
State Government
MO Department of Corrections lifting all COVID-19 restrictions for inmate visitations April 1CHILLICOTHE, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) has announced that COVID restrictions for inmate visitations will be lifted April 1, and visitors will no longer be required… Read More
National
Navy SEALs fighting vaccine mandate secure victory but fight isn’t over(The Center Square) – A group of Navy SEALs locked in a legal battle over vaccine mandates got another victory in their fight, which could go all the way… Read More
State Government
St. Louis is Missouri’s last region with a mask mandate after county ends requirement(The Center Square) – St. Louis County ended its COVID-19 mask mandate this week, leaving the City of St. Louis as the only large city in Missouri with a… Read More
National
U.S. senators introduce TRUCKERS Act to exempt non-U.S. citizen commercial truck drivers from vaccine mandates(The Center Square) – Florida’s former governor and current U.S. senator, Rick Scott, and eight other Republican senators introduced a bill to exempt all non-U.S. citizen commercial truck drivers… Read More
National
Fifth Circuit rules lower court must reconsider decision on United Airlines’ vaccine mandate(The Center Square) – The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that a lower district court must reconsider its decision when it rejected a request for… Read More
National
Judge blasts Air Force over denying vaccine religious exemption requests, grants injunction(The Center Square) – U.S. District Court Judge Tilman Self, III, is the first to stop the U.S. Air Force from enforcing its military COVID-19 vaccine mandate on a… Read More
State Government
Appeals court dismisses Pritzker’s school mask order appeal as ‘moot’(The Center Square) – The temporary restraining order blocking Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 mask and exclusion policies in schools remains in place as the Fourth District Court of Appeals… Read More
State Government
Pritzker insists school masks still mandated despite judge and legislators blocking rule(The Center Square) – Despite a district court judge and a top legislative committee blocking Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s school mask and exclusion mandate, the governor says students are still… Read More
National
Did dismissals of safe outpatient drugs cause needless COVID deaths? Dissenting doctors say yesFor the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no officially approved outpatient treatments for combating the disease. The medical establishment expressed extreme caution regarding such treatments,… Read More
National
Trucker convoy protests Canada-U.S.vaccine mandate, grabs international attention(The Center Square) – Tens of thousands of truck drivers have formed a caravan to draw attention to their cause and protest new vaccine mandates.The “Freedom Convoy” departed… Read More
National
Courts push back against COVID mandates as Americans’ support for such measures dwindles(The Center Square) – U.S. courts are handing losses to Democrat-led COVID-19 polices around the nation, from federal to state rulings, as polling shows Americans are souring on the… Read More
State Government
Gov. Mike Parson delivers 2022 State of the State address to Missouri General AssemblyJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Mike Parson delivered the annual State of the State address on Wednesday, outlining his administration’s efforts towards improving Missouri’s economy, workforce development and lessening… Read More
Opinion
Op-Ed: True ‘COVID relief’ demands a new economic consensusThe United States is experiencing an economic crisis. Nobody could’ve predicted COVID-19 and the strain it would place on the global market, but the pandemic is only partly to… Read More
National
What’s the impact of SCOTUS ruling on vaccine mandate for millions of health care workers?(The Center Square) – With the U.S. health care system already strained while facing increased hospitalizations during the nearly two-year long COVID-19 pandemic, many are worried that last week’s… Read More
National
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Biden’s private sector vaccine mandate, upholds health worker mandate(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate on private sector businesses, though it allowed a separate mandate to stand for… Read More