COVID-19

The allegations center around the more than $50 million St. Clair County received from the federal government as part of the American Rescue Plan Act.

Illinois advocates have continued calls to speed up contributions to new Illinois schools funding formula.

The federal goverment has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines that protect people against getting dangerously sick. But the shots are being distributed through commercial means for the first time, and patients have reported canceled appointments and insurance denials.

People will be able to go to COVIDTests.gov and get four free tests per household, starting Monday. The Biden administration says it is trying to prepare for the fall and winter COVID season.

The Missouri State Board of Education agreed earlier this month that K-12 social-emotional-learning standards are an essential part of the school day. Now, its members are worried politicization of the phrase “social-emotional learning” may complicate the public comment period.

As some states wrap up this year’s summer food aid program, Missouri is still distributing last year’s benefits. Officials say they must complete dispersal by the end of this year

A growing number of people are testing positive for the coronavirus, but Missouri scientists say the virus still poses a smaller threat to residents than during the height of the pandemic.

After a Cole County judge invalidated the regulations in 2021, then-Attorney General Eric Schmitt decided not to appeal the case. Local governments, which had used their authority granted by the regulations to issue pandemic-era restrictions such as mask mandates, wanted the right to defend them in court.

Some observers of the Missouri vs. Biden case have said it could make it more difficult for governmental officials to combat false information on social media.

Wash U researchers have developed a microwave-size box that uses electrodes and a “wet cyclone” to detect coronavirus particles in the air within five minutes. The scientists say the prototype could be fitted to detect other pathogens and bacteria, as well.