With the extraordinary session stalled until after Thanksgiving, here’s a look at the budget as it stands so far in the process.
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Gov. Mike Parson defended the newly relaxed statewide guidance on quarantining for Missouri schools on "This Week in Missouri Politics."
Some local officials — including in Kansas City and St. Louis County — have urged their schools not to follow the new relaxed statewide guidance for when to quarantine.
Missouri’s guidance on school quarantine procedures is changing — as far as schools with mask mandates are concerned.
The Missouri House approved HB 14, the supplemental budget allocating federal coronavirus relief money, Tuesday by a vote of 133 to 4.
The House Budget Committee voted unanimously to pass the major budgetary bill of the extraordinary session Monday evening.
It was a close race, filled with University of Missouri-themed drama, but Senate Majority Floor Leader Caleb Rowden prevailed to hang onto his seat.
Missouri’s student loan default rate decreased more than two-tenths of a percent for the year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Missouri is sending about 135,000 COVID-19 antigen tests to public and private K-12 schools this week.
"Now is the perfect opportunity to allow schools to adjust to their families’ and communities’ needs, and employ new and innovative approaches that can be carried into the future."