The move by the state to join the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network followed the United States move to withdraw from the World Health Organization.
Senator Turner, a friend of Sonya Massey's family, has been instrumental in pushing forward legislation to reform law enforcement hiring practices among other actions.
Grayson, who was convicted of second degree murder in the murder of the unarmed Black woman in her Springfield-area home, received the maximum sentence.
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