The new plan relies on hospitals and public health departments to coordinate with their communities.
Missouri receives approximately 76,000 doses every week from the federal government. The state will commit about 53% of weekly allocations to the selected hospitals and about 23% will be devoted to mass vaccination clinics in partnership with local vaccination implementation teams and the Missouri National Guard.
Missouri has not seen a rise in fuel tax since 1996, but that could change soon.
The Missouri Senateâs Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee discussed Senate Bill 262 Tuesday morning that could raise the stateâs fuel tax by 10 cents over the next five years. That means a two cent increase each year until it becomes 27 cents by 2026.