At a Thursday hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Efficiency, legislators considered Senate Bill 256, or the “back to work act.” Wagoner, the CEO of private equity firm AIM Strategies, said in testimony that at some lunch hotspots in downtown Topeka, business is still down by 10% from pre-pandemic times, accounting for inflation.

China is expected to pay the State of Missouri $24 billion after a judge found that members stood in the way of crucial medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pandemic decimated the box office and the reshaped the moviegoing experience. NPR's movie critic, Bob Mondello, looks back on how his job changed during the early months of COVID-19.

"Nonprofit Initiative Unites Community Through Art, Culture, and Philanthropy," Parade of Hearts said in a press release.

We intend to collect every penny by seizing Chinese-owned assets, including Missouri farmland,” Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said.