Joplin tornado

A GOP state lawmaker wants colleagues to consider tapping the rainy day fund to pay for disaster relief, including from the May 22 tornado in Joplin. Damage from that tornado is pictured here on May 24.

Silvey pushes to expand special session call

Marshall Griffin

Two bills have been filed in the Missouri House regarding the use of the state’s so-called Rainy Day fund.The first would authorize $150 million to be…

Government, Politics & Issues

McCaskill, Blunt upset that FEMA moving money from Joplin to East Coast

Jo Mannies

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 29, 2011 - U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said today that she is feeling better about the…

The view of some of the damage following the strike from a massive tornado to the area on May 22.

McCaskill: funding for Joplin not in jeopardy

Maria Altman

Updated at 3:47 p.m. following a press conference with McCaskillMissouri Senator Claire McCaskill says federal funding for Joplin is not in…

Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon gets a tour of a damaged neighborhood by Berkeley, Mo. Mayor Kyra Watson in St. Louis on April 23, 2011. A tornado hit the region on April 22 damaging or destroying over 750 homes and buildings.

Government, Politics & Issues

Mo. housing panel approves tax credits for Berkeley, Joplin, those with special needs

Updated at 12:38 p.m. with information on tax credits for those with special needsReporting from KCUR's Elana Gordon used in this report.Missouri's…

Irving Elementary School was one of many schools that were severely damaged in Joplin, Mo., when a massive tornado struck the city on May 22.

Joplin schools to get up to $1.5M from state

Here's an update to a story we told you about this morning:Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says Joplin schools will get up to $1.5 million from state government…

Health, Science & Environment

FEMA decision means Missouri's share of Joplin cleanup costs goes up

Jo Mannies

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 4, 2011 - The federal government has denied Gov. Jay Nixon's request to extend the Expedited…

St. Louis lost a sixth person to the excessive heat.

Morning headlines: Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Sixth heat-related death reported in St. Louis City this yearEarline Walker is the sixth person in St. Louis to die of heat-related causes this…

Debris from the May tornado that ripped through Joplin, Mo. The federal government will cover 90 percent of the costs in the hard-hit area designated for FEMA's enhanced cleanup payments, and the state of Mo. will pick up the remaining 10 percent.

State to cover Joplin's share in tornado cleanup

The city of Joplin is off the hook for paying for the first couple of months of debris removal following a devastating tornado in May.The federal…

An image of a slide showing changes seen in a heart valve due to zygomycosis.

Health, Science & Environment

CDC: Fungus cluster after Joplin tornado a first

The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a dangerous fungus found in 13 people injured in the Joplin tornado was the first known…

A overturned car sits where a house once stood in Joplin, Missouri on May 24, 2011. The tornado that hit Joplin on May 22 is the deadliest single U.S. tornado in about 60 years.

Morning headlines: Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Nixon seeking extension for Joplin debris clean-upMo. Gov. Jay Nixon is seeking extension of a federal program covering most of the cost of removing…