Missouri is revising its childcare licensing regulations and is holding statewide listening sessions to get ideas from the public. Kelli Jones, deputy commissioner at the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, told Show Me Today that she hopes to get...
Gov. Mike Parson’s office says there is no set timeframe to find a permanent director to lead the Missouri Department of Social Services. Parson spokeswoman Kelli Jones tells Missourinet the governor and his administration are diligently working on finding a permanent...
The CARES Act passed by U.S. Congress last year allowed states to block the first stimulus payment to people who owed child support. Last April, Gov. Mike Parson said he was supportive of using that approach. “If you owe for your children, you need to pay for your...
Missouri First Lady Teresa Parson has tested positive for COVID-19. Gov. Mike Parson’s spokeswoman, Kelli Jones, tells Missourinet the first lady took a rapid COVID-19 test and the results came back positive. She is awaiting results on another diagnostic version – a...
Missouri has paid a consulting firm more than $829,000 so far in federal coronavirus aid to help coordinate the state’s pandemic response. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports payroll records show the McChrystal Group has received the federal funding from the state....
