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Postpartum Medicaid extension clears Missouri Senate with anti-abortion amendment

2 years 8 months ago

The Missouri Senate passed its version of postpartum Medicaid extension Thursday, but new language in the bill threatens its implementation. Sponsored by Sen. Elaine Gannon, R-De Soto, the legislation would extend coverage for women receiving Medicaid benefits through pregnancy and for a year after the pregnancy ends. Currently, coverage ends 60 days after a pregnancy […]

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Camden Doherty

Road safety group says nearly half of traffic fatalities in St. Louis happen on 9 roads

2 years 8 months ago
St. Louis and Missouri Department of Transportation leaders are working on ways to improve safety on major roadways throughout the city. On Wednesday, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones committed $46 million to improve roadway safety. Trailnet, an organization that pushes safe street strategies, conducted a road safety audit with MoDOT leaders on Page on Thursday. "We have all of this money coming in but if that isn't spent right away, we can't wait two to three years because people are dying right…
Rhyan Henson, KSDK

Capitol Perspectives: Mike Parson’s attacks on statehouse reporters

2 years 8 months ago

Missouri’s Gov. Mike Parson has engaged in escalating restrictions against journalists covering Missouri’s Capitol. His hindrances on statehouse reporters is unprecedented in the five decades I’ve covered Missouri state government. From Warren Hearnes until now, governors of both parties I’ve covered went out of their way to facilitate the efforts of journalists covering state government. […]

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Phill Brooks

Child poverty dropped to a record low last year. A new report shows how to keep it that way

2 years 8 months ago

The expanded child tax credit that families received in 2021 helped reduce child poverty across the country, but particularly in the South where families lack a sufficient safety net, according to a paper released on Wednesday. The report by the Hamilton Project, the Brookings Institution’s economic policy initiative, comes as some Democrats appear ready to attempt another […]

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Casey Quinlan