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Pritzker: Hike cabinet pay to 'bring, retain great people'

3 years ago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The idea for raising salaries of top Illinois state government officials, which culminated this weekend with the House voting lawmakers an 18% pay hike, began with Gov. J.B. Pritzker. But the Democratic governor said he originally requested that the General Assembly increase pay for his administration's agency directors to recruit and [...]
JOHN O'CONNOR, Associated Press

Some Missourians could lose Medicaid coverage as eligibility renewals restart April 1

3 years ago
Missouri’s social services department will resume conducting Medicaid eligibility renewals on April 1 — allowing the state to once again remove people from its rolls after a three-year pause during the COVID-19 state of emergency. Since March 2020, states have been barred from removing enrollees from Medicaid during the federally-declared public health emergency in exchange [...]
Clara Bates, Missouri Independent