The Kansas City Star daily briefing — Thursday, July 1, 2021

The top headlines from The Kansas City Star on Thursday, July 1, 2021, including Missouri lawmakers sent the renewal of a tax critical to funding Medicaid to Gov. Mike Parson, federal officials say firework explosions are too common in the KC area, COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising and the men who ran onto the field during the Super Bowl have pleaded no contest to trespassing and agreed to a year of probation.