Eric Schmitt

The money will fund addiction treatment and prevention programs in the state, addressing the harm inflicted by the opioid crisis.

The candidates at the Lincoln Days forum sought to distinguish their records and experience from each other, with the dividing line along a familiar theme in recent years: experience and time spent in Washington DC.

Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo Davis said the state’s actions on COVID and funding for public health are hurting efforts to curb COVID, especially among communities of color.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed lawsuits against school districts on Friday and Monday in an ongoing effort to force schools to abandon COVID-19 mitigation policies.

Cole County Judge Daniel Green ruled on Wednesday that St. Louis and Jackson counties can't intervene in a case in which he decided that local health departments lack authority to issue and enforce health orders.

Missouri Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick said he issued the condition after Attorney General Eric Schmitt directed health authorities and school districts to stop their COVID mitigation efforts.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt ordered school districts across the state to cease and desist COVID precautions. Attorney Joe Hatley, who fired back last Friday on behalf of Lee’s Summit, joined “St. Louis on the Air” for a closer look.

Jackson and St. Louis counties are asking to appeal a Cole County judge's ruling that said local health departments in Missouri cannot issue health orders. Attorney General Eric Schmitt declined to appeal the case.

Though Missouri’s attorney general says a ruling from a Cole County judge invalidates mask mandates for both local health authorities and school districts, a St. Louis University law professor disagrees, saying it depends on who is issuing the order.

Schmitt demands agencies stop ‘enforcing and publicizing any such orders immediately’ or face court action.