Spire exec defends email warning of possible gas outages

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County Council members are seeking answers over Spire Missouri’s recent email warning customers of potential natural gas outages this winter — outages the company said could occur if a pipeline is shut down. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that council members questioned Spire’s planning manager, David Yonce, during a…

Firms Consider Workers’ Privacy when Sharing Vaccine Status

LAKE SAINT LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — Some Missourians may be having a hard time finding dentists and other service providers who are vaccinated because employers have to balance protecting their employees’ health information against their customers’ need for transparency. Washington University law professor Pauline Kim says the political nature of the debate over COVID-19 vaccinations…