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Four people tested positive for the coronavirus following open testing at the Capitol in advance of lawmakers returning to work, the state health department announced Wednesday.

Around the country, across industries and occupations, millions of Americans thrown out of work because of the coronavirus are straining to afford the basics now that an extra $600 a week in federal unemployment benefits has expired.

Previously, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told U.S. travelers to avoid all nonessential international travel because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it says such travel is fine — but only to about 20 locations.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled July 28 that a lawsuit stemming from deficiencies in the construction of a senior living facility can proceed without including a subcontractor that is allegedly responsible for some of the work.

A split panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that a man injured by an errant cloud of noxious gas could continue his lawsuit against the plant that released it.

Federal data shows 502 residents and seven employees of federally licensed nursing homes in Missouri have died of COVID-19 as of July 19.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said comments he made about fathers being willing to die to send their children back to school amid the coronavirus pandemic are being misinterpreted and overshadow his main message that children need to return to in-person classes this fall.

Voters on Tuesday made Missouri the 38th state to approve expanding Medicaid health care coverage to thousands more low-income adults.

The Court of Appeals Western District on July 28 reinstated a lawsuit by a caregiver who alleges he was fired for blowing the whistle on his employer.

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District says the Second Injury Fund was let off the hook too quickly for a jail guard’s disabling injuries.

Missouri voters are deciding Tuesday whether to expand Medicaid health care coverage to thousands more low-income adults after years of resistance from Republican lawmakers.