Mask Mandates

Aldermen also renewed a mask order for another 30 days and voted to further reduce penalties for marijuana usage.

School officials from several St. Louis-area districts said it’s still too early to make changes to pandemic policies as 5- to 11-year-olds begin to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Voters in Nixa will decide whether to recall Mayor Brian Steele on November 2.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is on a mission to battle mask mandates around the state. In some cases, legal services to defend the mandates are costing thousands of dollars — dollars from Missouri taxpayers.

County Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler said people should have the freedom to choose whether to wear a mask.

The first hearing is set for Nov. 5 in Macoupin County.

The council also declined to approve a measure to open documents into an investigation of acting Health Director Faisal Khan.

A Boone County Circuit Court judge also rejected Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s effort to sue more than one school at once.

Attorneys Eric Banks, Sarah Swatosh and Mark Smith joined the Legal Roundtable on "St. Louis on the Air" to discuss Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s lawsuits over mask mandates, Zoom testimony, the new St. Louis city counselor — and the high-stakes litigation over the Rams' departure.

The county's previous mask mandate is being fought in court by Attorney General Eric Schmitt.