Holding Medicaid hostage over birth control defies law and reason
While playing politics with health care in Missouri is certainly nothing new, holding Missouri Medicaid hostage over basic birth control…
Politics
Polls are ready to welcome voters
ST. LOUIS – At 6 a.m. Tuesday, polls open citywide for the municipal general election that will determine who the…
Volunteers – including her dad – fuel Cara Spencer’s campaign
BENTON PARK WEST – One of Cara Spencer’s most faithful volunteers in her race for mayor may be Bob Spencer…
Tishaura Jones urges backers to keep working for mayoral victory
ELLENDALE – In one of city Treasurer Tishaura Jones’ last rallies before the election, she spoke of some words of…
Missouri House sends budget to Senate without Medicaid expansion funding
Republicans in the Missouri House finalized their plan to block funding for voter-approved Medicaid expansion on Thursday, giving final approval…
Citing of Workhouse in MSD charter may confuse Proposition 1 voters
ST. LOUIS – When voters see their ballots for Tuesday’s election, a phrase in Proposition 1 may throw them for…
Missouri sues over tax cut penalties in federal COVID-19 relief bill
Missouri became on Monday the first state to challenge a punitive provision of the $1.9 billion federal COVID-19 relief bill signed early…
Missouri lawmakers push to shield constituent data from Sunshine disclosure
A bill seeking to ensure that if a resident’s email address or telephone number was submitted to receive a government…
880,000 more Missourians now eligible for vaccinations
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — An estimated 880,000 Missourians became eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccination Monday under Phase 2 of…
Senator’s remark on Sunday politics draws backlash
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi is facing criticism for saying people should avoid political activities…
How Missouri’s public health defunding led to vaccination chaos
Missourians have driven hours to find vaccines in rural counties — at least those people with cars and the time…
Missouri lawmaker faces more charges for alleged COVID-19 treatment scam
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri state lawmaker already indicted on 20 charges related to a fraud scheme involving medical…
Guns are on Supreme Court’s agenda days after mass shootings
WASHINGTON (AP) — A potential expansion of gun rights is on the Supreme Court’s agenda, days after mass shootings in…
GOP lawmakers vote down funding for Missouri Medicaid expansion
A partisan battle over Medicaid expansion in the House Budget Committee ended Thursday with a vote against spending $1.9 billion…
Push to limit local health orders dies on bipartisan vote
More than a year into the COVID-19 virus’ spread in Missouri, a push to restrain local officials’ authority to issue…
Oversight Board sought for correctional facilities
CITY HALL – A panel that investigated disturbances at the City Justice Center is recommending the establishment of an independent…