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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for AstraZeneca’s Evusheld (tixagevimab co-packaged with cilgavimab and administered together) for the pre-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) of COVID-19 in certain adults and pediatric individuals (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kilograms [about 88 pounds]).  The product […]

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announces the state minimum wage rate for 2022 has been established, according to state law, at $11.15 per hour, effective January 1, 2022. Pursuant to Proposition B, which was approved by Missouri voters on November 6, 2018, the minimum wage will increase 85 cents per

JEFFERSON CITY –Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is asking parents for help in identifying school districts that are continuing to violate a recent Cole County Circuit Court order. Parents are urged to reach out directly to the Attorney General’s Office if their school district is continuing to enforce mask mandates, quarantines, and other similar COVID-19

JEFFERSON CITY  – Ahead of President Biden’s scheduled visit to Kansas City, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sent a letter to the President reminding him that his policies have negatively impacted Missourians. The letter begins with, “In Missouri and around the country, things are worse now than before you took office.  Families are spending more for

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Geological Survey, a division of the Department of Natural Resources, recently made it easy to locate groundwater observation wells in Missouri using an online GIS application. “This new online tool aids business, industry, agriculture and citizens in locating groundwater observation wells and data, precipitation, along with soil moisture data in a