Voter Integrity:
The Texas Senate passed a voter integrity bill while 51 Texas Democrat House members and eight Texas Democrat Senate members fled the state to subvert democracy by denying the Republican-led House the quorum needed to approve bills in Governor Greg Abbott’s special session agenda.
- Texas Senate Passes Voter Integrity Bill As Democrats Flee State To Subvert Democracy (The Daily Wire)
Gov. Parson:
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed into law the state’s first gasoline tax increase in decades.
MO COVID Incentive:
Gov. Mike Parson says he hopes to announce a plan to incentivize Missourians to get the coronavirus vaccination.
Offended By Everything:
The gypsy moth’s name has been scrapped because scientists say the name is an ethnic slur considered offensive by some Romani people.
- Gypsy moth getting new name to remove ‘ethnic slur’: scientists (New York Post)
City Ordinances:
Nixa citizens are now allowed to have chickens on their property within the city.
Steak n’ Shake:
A former Steak n’ Shake employee posted a video of a burger with a worm in it. Turns out, the employee put the worm in the burger. The former employee now has to pay the burger chain $80,000.
CoxHealth CEO Steve Edwards:
CoxHealth CEO Steve Edwards was recently interviewed by KY3. During the interview, Edwards was asked why he believes some don’t want the vaccine. Edwards said “That hesitation almost correlates directly with your educational level in our organization. So our doctors have the least hesitation. And lesser educated people have a higher hesitation. We get that it is very complicated.”
Edwards was also asked if Cox would require the COVID vaccine for employees. Edwards stated “An important decision point for us is FDA approval. And that’s information we don’t have yet. We’ve tried to follow science this whole time. And while we think the vaccine is safe, and effective, without FDA full approval, there are employees and there are people that have hesitancy. And I think that hesitancy may go away if FDA approval happens. And so we’re going to follow the science and we’re going to evaluate, and that’s going to be an important decision-maker for us.”
- Springfield hospitals receiving support from traveling nurses, physicians and respiratory therapists (KY3)
Cleveland Clinic Study:
A recent study by the Cleveland Clinic analyzing more than 50,000 of its employees over five months found that those who had been infected with COVID-19 did not benefit from vaccinations. During the study, researchers found that not a single person who had been previously infected with the virus became ill.
Columbia, MO School Board:
