Expanding coverage is top priority for new Medicare-Medicaid chief
The new head of the federal agency that oversees health benefits for nearly 150 million Americans and $1 trillion in…
Politics
Missouri Auditor Galloway won’t run for re-election in 2022
Nicole Galloway, the only Democrat who currently holds a statewide office in Missouri, announced Friday that she won’t seek re-election…
Fire chief cites long promotion delays, argues for tests to resume
CITY HALL – Delays that go on for years in getting city firefighters their promotional tests have members of the…
Corrections budget is $6.7 million short
CITY HALL – A budget shortfall for corrections and the emptying of the city’s Medium Security Institution is a recipe…
Aldermen set to debate surveillance accountability bill
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is one of about a dozen departments nationwide that have a “real time crime…
Black women’s next targets: governorships and Senate seats
ATLANTA (AP) — Jennifer McClellan remembers her parents’ recounting life as Black Southerners enduring segregation and the trauma and triumph…
Schmitt drops lawsuit against St. Louis County over pandemic response
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has dropped his lawsuit challenging St. Louis County’s COVID-19 pandemic response.…
Aldermen lash out at red tape that snarls hiring, events, capital improvements
CITY HALL – Wednesday was the day for members of the Board of Aldermen’s budgeting committee to complain about how…
Corrections overtime case gets split decision in Missouri Supreme Court
Missouri prison guards who have waited almost three years to find out if they will receive a share of $114…
Missouri top court smacks down GOP-backed law targeting public unions
The Missouri Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling Tuesday and struck down a 2018 law that sought to impose…
Error forces restart on petition for vote on Missouri gas tax increase
A rejected petition to put the gas tax increase before voters has been refiled and meets the requirements for circulation, said Jeremy Cady,…
Pending law to correct wrongful convictions could depend on Missouri attorney general
If Missouri’s elected prosecutors have evidence that a person has languished in prison for decades wrongfully, they don’t have the…
Missouri lawmakers didn’t cancel debts from unemployment benefit mistakes
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — State lawmakers left tens of thousands of Missouri residents facing big debts by failing to pass…
Marijuana arrests in state parks drop after policy changes
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Marijuana arrests in Missouri state parks dropped nearly 60% last year after changes in enforcement policies…
Lawmakers push governor for special sessions on myriad of issues
A tax that funds $2 billion of Missouri’s Medicaid program. A push to ban the teaching of critical race theory…
Judge sets trial date for lawsuit over Missouri Medicaid expansion
The lawsuit seeking to force Missouri to expand Medicaid coverage under a voter-approved constitutional amendment will go to trial June 18 in Cole County.…