An issue-by-issue look at 2020 (part 3)
RICHMOND – This is the third in a fourpart, issue-by-issue review of 2020...
THIRD QUARTER
JULY
July 3
• U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt says the public wants and needs more COVID-19 testing.
July 10
• The Elms hosts Fourth of July fireworks for the community.
• Residents support the Roosevelt School redevelopment plan.
July 17
• Excelsior Springs and Ray County school district leaders meet to talk about the Ray County Commission’s distribution plan for COVID-19 funding provided under the federal CARES Act.
• The Excelsior Springs School District buys iPads to help students with distance learning as the new school year approaches.
July 24
• The Excelsior Springs School District makes plans to address COVID-19 when the new school year starts.
• Gov. Mike Parson draws national condemnation by saying: “These kids gotta get back to school. They’re at the lowest risk possible and if they do get COVID-19 – which they will, and they will when they go to school – they’re not going to the…