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Politically Speaking: How Missouri Officials Are Preparing For The Coronavirus

Signs at the Barnes-Jewish Center for Advanced Medicine alert patients to disclose if they think they may have symptoms of the novel coronavirus.
File | Sarah Fentem | © 2024
Signs at the Barnes-Jewish Center for Advanced Medicine alert patients to disclose if they think they may have symptoms of the novel coronavirus.

On the latest episode of Politically Speaking, © 2024 ’s Jason Rosenbaum takes a look at some of the week’s biggest news stories — including what state and local officials are doing to prepare for the coronavirus.

Rosenbaum talked with © 2024 ’s Sarah Fentem are monitoring the coronavirus. There have been no recorded cases of the virus in Missouri, but there have been five confirmed cases in Illinois. 

Here’s what else is on this week’s show:

  • © 2024 statehouse reporter Jaclyn Driscoll talks about on LGBTQ issues.
  • Rosenbaum and Driscoll discuss developments — and how they affect Missouri’s primary Tuesday.
  • © 2024 ’s Rachel Lippmann breaks down the resignation and federal indictment of St. Louis Alderman Larry Arnowitz, who is accused of taking campaign money for personal use. Lippmann also explained the process for filling aldermanic vacancies.

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Jason is the politics correspondent for © 2024 .