(AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid fell last week to 547,000, a new low since the pandemic struck and a further encouraging sign that layoffs are slowing on the strength of an improving job market. The Labor Department said Thursday that applications declined 39,000 from a revised 586,000 a week earlier. …
University officials consider tuition hike at Mizzou
The University of Missouri Board of Curators is looking at tuition hikes this fall. Members will review a financial report recommending a 5% tuition bump at Mizzou during their meeting on Thursday. Smaller increases are being proposed for the other system campuses. The report says the university has had to cut teachers because of financial …
Biden summit draws climate vows from sparring global leaders
(AP) — China and Russia have joined the United States in pledging climate cooperation at a global summit convened by President Joe Biden. The U.S. opened Thursday’s summit, which is being held virtually by livestream because of the pandemic, with an ambitious pledge to cut by at least one-half the climate-wrecking coal and petroleum fumes …
COVID-19 hospitalizations near zero in Boone County
Boone County is down to just one person in the hospital because of COVID-19. Active cases did go up a little Wednesday, to 100, and the county added 18 new positive cases. There have been no new cases reported in Cole County for the last two days.
Kehoe: Missourians wary of toll roads
Lawmakers in Jefferson City may raise your state gas taxes soon. The Senate has passed a bill calling for that, and a House committee held a hearing on the measure Wednesday. But whatever happened to making I-70 a toll road? Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe says a lot of folks who live along the interstate mistakenly …
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