The Trump administration this month scrapped a Biden-era proposal that would have required state Medicaid programs and allowed federal Medicare to pay for some GLP-1s for obesity treatment. Instead, state Medicaid programs will retain the choice of whether to cover the high-priced medications for their residents. The drugs, which have historically been prescribed to diabetic […]
WASHINGTON — White House border czar Tom Homan on Monday blamed the parents of U.S. citizen children the Trump administration sent to Honduras over the weekend. At a Monday morning press conference, Homan defended the government’s actions to remove three young children from two different families alongside their mothers who were in the country without […]
A trio of research firms who contend Missouri is a poster child for success in the cannabis industry hope to win a contract to study the state’s market closer. “As it relates to cannabis markets, Missouri is pretty famously the model to follow,” said Mackenzie Slade, CEO and owner of New York-based Cannabis Public Policy […]
CUBA, Mo. — Hailey cradled her cat like a baby and nuzzled his fur. It wasn’t long before he rejected the attention and leapt from her arms in the callous way cats do. She cursed him in the way hormonal teenagers do. Ash, a gray stray Hailey took in against her great-aunt’s protesting, became the […]
Health insurance for impoverished adults has always been a tortuous endeavor for Missouri. The legislature fought for years over proposals to expand eligibility for Medicaid, the public health program financed by states and the federal government. Expansion was the subject of some of the legislature’s loudest shouting matches in the years following the 2010 passage […]
This week, the Missouri Senate passed legislation moving us one step closer to enshrining discrimination against the state’s poorest tenants into state law. If this bill becomes law, the state will prevent municipalities in Missouri from enacting source of income discrimination bans, and will void bans already in place in St. Louis, Webster Groves, Columbia […]
A bill signed Thursday by Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe generated a lawsuit Friday challenging its constitutionality even as Attorney General Andrew Bailey wasted no time using new powers granted in the law. The bill changes the deadlines and procedure for challenging the ballot language of measures placed before voters by the General Assembly or by […]
A bill signed Thursday by Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe generated a lawsuit Friday challenging its constitutionality even as Attorney General Andrew Bailey wasted no time using new powers granted in the law. The bill changes the deadlines and procedure for challenging the ballot language of measures placed before voters by the General Assembly or by […]
The price of technology goods and services in the U.S. will likely rise in the next few months, experts say, as the White House continues to shift its strategy on tariffs for imported electronic hardware. After initial reports that Chinese goods would receive as high as a 145% tariff, President Donald Trump said on April 13 […]
The Trump administration is extending the deadline for states to submit their final proposals for a federal broadband program, further delaying an effort that’s still largely in the planning phase after more than three years. States will have an additional 90 days to submit their final plans for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, […]
The Trump administration is extending the deadline for states to submit their final proposals for a federal broadband program, further delaying an effort that’s still largely in the planning phase after more than three years. States will have an additional 90 days to submit their final plans for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, […]
This story was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. The attacks on Judge John Barberis in the fall of 2016 appeared on his personal Facebook page. They impugned his ethics, criticized a recent ruling and branded him as a “politician” with the “LOWEST rating for a judge in Illinois.” Barberis, a state […]
This story was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. The attacks on Judge John Barberis in the fall of 2016 appeared on his personal Facebook page. They impugned his ethics, criticized a recent ruling and branded him as a “politician” with the “LOWEST rating for a judge in Illinois.” Barberis, a state […]
Missouri House Republicans aren’t ready to give up on dual goals of enacting a flat income tax and cutting the overall rate, and have loaded a Senate bill with their latest plan — flat tax and capital gains cut now, rate cuts later. On April 7, the state Senate approved a bill exempting capital gains […]
Should a city’s love of beloved sports franchises outweigh their financial considerations? Long time Missouri sports reporter, Vahe Gregorian, wrote a moving and nostalgic piece in The Kansas City Star about the Royals, their cherished place in our collective identity, and their desire to build a baseball park downtown. The emotional pull is undeniable. As […]
Should a city’s love of beloved sports franchises outweigh their financial considerations? Long time Missouri sports reporter, Vahe Gregorian, wrote a moving and nostalgic piece in The Kansas City Star about the Royals, their cherished place in our collective identity, and their desire to build a baseball park downtown. The emotional pull is undeniable. As […]
WASHINGTON — The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday challenging the Trump administration’s decision to withhold Title X family planning grants. The 35-page filing alleges the Department of Health and Human Services, which administers the reproductive health program with funding approved by […]
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe withdrew the nomination of Tom Prater to the State Board of Education on Thursday after concerns circulated from a national advocacy group and a state senator. Prater, a Springfield eye surgeon who donated $21,000 to Kehoe’s political action committee last year, was appointed in an interim capacity following the retirement of […]
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe withdrew the nomination of Tom Prater to the State Board of Education on Thursday after concerns circulated from a national advocacy group and a state senator. Prater, a Springfield eye surgeon who donated $21,000 to Kehoe’s political action committee last year, was appointed in an interim capacity following the retirement of […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a series of education-focused orders Wednesday related to accreditation in higher education, school discipline policies, historically Black colleges and universities, artificial intelligence in education and workforce development. The executive orders are the latest in a slew of efforts from Trump to dramatically reshape the federal role in education. Last […]
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