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Missourians with disabilities and seniors could lose at-home care under new eligibility algorithm

1 year 1 month ago
Nearly 8,000 seniors and Missourians with disabilities could lose at-home care over the next year after a new eligibility algorithm went into effect this week, a spokesperson for the state health department told The Independent. Starting Oct. 1, Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior Services implemented a change in the scoring algorithm they use to determine eligibility during annual reviews and enrollment for those receiving help with everyday tasks like going to the bathroom, getting dressed…
Clara Bates

Have a felony record? You still might be eligible to vote in Missouri

1 year 1 month ago
Until they get in touch with him, organizer TJ James says, many people with a felony conviction have no idea that they have the right to vote. And it’s not for a lack of interest, said James, an organizer with the Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity, or MORE2. “I’ve had people that I […]
Josh Merchant

Start The Steal

1 year 1 month ago
This time Republicans will try to steal the election before it happens.
Prospect Staff

CNN Seems To Think Annoying Paywalls Will Save It From Irrelevance

1 year 1 month ago
CNN, like most cable news networks, professes to provide users access to journalism. Instead, what you’ll most consistently find is a sort of generic drivel with the rough edges (read: truth) sanded off. On any given day you’ll find a rotating parade of lazy “view from nowhere” journalism that doesn’t inform so much as it […]
Karl Bode

‘It’s time for me to step back’: Missouri’s Blaine Luetkemeyer looks to retirement from Congress

1 year 1 month ago
Through 26 years as a legislator, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer traveled back and forth from work to be with his family in St. Elizabeth. Luetkemeyer has another agenda for this fall’s election season rather than campaigning: spending time on a small family farm in the Ozark foothills. His seven grandchildren, aged from 2 to 17, were never old enough to cast a vote while Luetkemeyer was in Congress, but they will learn about his official activities with time. “I want them to know that grandpa…
Mary McCue Bell