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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Missouri jumped by nearly 300 on Tuesday, as calls for a statewide stay-at-home mandate increased. Health officials said 15 people have died and 1,327 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, ...

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The spread of the coronavirus has likely doomed an effort to get a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana in Missouri on the November ballot, according to organizers of the campaign. With businesses closing, public gatherings restricted and more people staying ...

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With flood concerns already high in the Midwest, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is warning that many levees on the Missouri and Kansas rivers that were damaged during devastating floods last spring remain vulnerable to high water. The National ...

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A survey of supply managers in a nine-state region of the Midwest and Plains is showing more signs of the coronavirus pandemic’s disruptive economic impact. The Mid-American Business Conditions index sank in March to 46.7 — its lowest reading since ...

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If it wasn’t for Derrick Thomas, there’s a good chance Kansas City attorney Kevin Regan never would have picked up the bagpipes. When the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker died following a car crash in 2000, Regan — a close friend of ...

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled March 24 that a group of plaintiffs can’t appeal the University of Missouri’s dismissal from their suits while related claims remain against other defendants. The plaintiffs were patients who alleged they underwent ...

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The spread of the coronavirus has likely doomed an effort to get a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana in Missouri on the November ballot, according to organizers of the campaign. With businesses closing, public gatherings restricted and more people staying ...

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An eastern Missouri sheriff’s department has reached a $2 million settlement with a man who spent more than three years in prison for his wife’s killing before the conviction was overturned, his lawyers said Monday. An insurance company has agreed ...

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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Missouri surpassed 1,000 on Monday and the state’s death toll rose to 13. Health officials said that as of Monday afternoon, 1,031 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Missouri. That is an ...

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With millions of people suddenly out of work and rent due at the first of the month, some tenants are vowing to go on a rent strike until the coronavirus pandemic subsides. New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and ...

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Kansas City-area officials have cracked down on businesses that remain open despite stay-at-home orders as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Missouri surpassed 1,000. Mayor Quinton Lucas said Kansas City issued citations to about 200 businesses for violating the ...

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