May 2020

Body JEFFERSON CITY– State Auditor Nicole Galloway continues to seek answers about defective masks distributed by the State Emergency Management Agency, or SEMA, to first responders across Missouri.

Body JEFFERSON CITY – Between the Missouri State Public Health Laboratory – and at least 15 private, national and in-state laboratories and participating health care institutions – about 50,000 tests could be performed weekly in Missouri.

Body We need to get through this time and tighten our belts, just as we have through two World Wars, terrorist attacks and other epidemics.

Body ST. LOUIS – Air Force veteran, lawyer, mother of five and former state auditor candidate Saundra Mc- Dowell, now running as a Republican for governor in the August primary against Gov. Mike Parson, said his stay-home order is illegal.

Body SENECA – Citing the “volatile situation and political misrepresentation within the Republican Party in Mis souri,” Seneca area business owner and rancher, Raleigh Ritter, seeks the Republican nomination for governor.

Body WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Service needs relief, too, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II said.

Body U.S. SEN. ROY BLUNT joins President Trump at the White House for the signing of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act.

Body On Monday, Excelsior Springs, Richmond, parts of Clay County, all of Ray County and the lion’s share of rural and municipal areas within Missouri will begin to reopen.