July 2021

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Supreme Court overruled Gov. Mike Parson and the majority of Republicans in the General Assembly who agreed to thwart the will of Missouri voters by refusing to fund Medicare expansion.

There will be a new Ray County Jail. The only question is whether to build it now by voting yes Tuesday or to kick it down the road, selfishly leaving others to do later what should be done now.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post, dated Tuesday, July 27, is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Contributors are Athalia Christie, MIA1; John T. Brooks, MD1; Lauri A. Hicks, DO1; Erin K. Sauber-Schatz, PhD1; Jonathan S. Yoder, MSW, MPH1; Margaret A. Honein, PhD1; and the CDC CO- VID-19 Response Team.

RICHMOND – “It’s a money pit.” Western Commissioner Gary Wilhite described the Ray County Jail by referencing a 1986 comedy film about a couple pouring money into a “fixerupper” that never seems to get fixed. Eastern Commissioner Dave Powell said work is ongoing to make the most out of the shed-like jail.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Broc Dusek will probably be among the upperclassmen coach Aaron Holst will look to lead the Tigers in varsity baseball in 2022, based on what Dusek did as an underclassman in 2021.