Parson abandons plans to implement voter-approved Medicaid expansion
Missouri will not expand Medicaid coverage to working-age adults on July 1 because lawmakers refused to include funding for the health care…
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Lawmakers strike deal on crime bill after Parson’s veto threat
JEFFERSON CITY – House leadership backed off its insistence that a wide-ranging crime bill include stiffer penalties for lying under…
Corrections commissioner quitting as of May 31
CITY HALL – Under pressure from Mayor Tishaura Jones about conditions at the City Justice Center and the Workhouse, City…
Judge awards area homeless man $150K in panhandling case
ST. LOUIS COUNTY (AP) — The county cannot enforce ordinances that target panhandlers and violate their free-speech rights, a federal…
Democrats press for broader voter access as GOP resists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in the U.S. Senate mounted an aggressive case Tuesday against Democrats’ sweeping election and voter-access legislation,…
Schmitt sues over St. Louis County COVID restrictions
(AP) — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed on Tuesday a lawsuit challenging St. Louis County’s COVID-19 restrictions, citing concerns…
Secrecy around ownership raises questions about marijuana networks
The Missouri House voted Tuesday afternoon to require state regulators to turn over ownership information for businesses granted medical marijuana…
Prescription drug monitoring program bill heads to governor
JEFFERSON CITY – In a historic vote, the Missouri House signed off Tuesday on legislation to establish a prescription drug monitoring…
Parson vows to veto crime bill if it has penalties for lying
JEFFERSON CITY – The fate of a wide-ranging crime bill was called into question on Tuesday over a provision that…
State to end all federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri will end participation in all federal pandemic-related jobless insurance programs as of June 13. Gov. Mike Parson, a…
Missouri in no rush to spend $2.7B of flexible pandemic aid
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri will get nearly $2.7 billion of flexible federal aid under a coronavirus relief law, but…
Aldermen to start work on budget
CITY HALL – The Board of Aldermen will begin this week perusing a $1.15 billion spending package for the 2021-2022…
Hairstyles gain protected status; 2 developments lose tax breaks
CITY HALL — Mayor Tishaura Jones has banned race-based discrimination based on hairstyles. The new law prohibits job, housing and…
Rep. Bush tells Congress of Black pregnancy complications, maternal deaths
WASHINGTON — When U.S. Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri was pregnant with her first child, Zion, she saw a sign…
Missouri lawmakers OK $35B budget without Medicaid expansion
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri lawmakers approved on Friday a $35 billion budget that includes no funding for a Medicaid…
Officials push for millions in fixes for city water treatment system
RIVERVIEW – At well over a century old, the city’s drinking water treatment system is still providing the best-tasting water…