by admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, History, News
The state operating budget and prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) legislation will likely take center stage in the Missouri Legislature in Jefferson City this week. Governor Mike Parson (R) has proposed a $34.1 billion state operating budget. House Budget...
by admin | Jan 24, 2021 | Business, Health / Medicine, History, News
The Missouri House Budget Committee is expected to hold its first meeting of 2021 this week in Jefferson City. House Majority Floor Leader Dean Plocher, R-Des Peres, has released a revised House schedule. A technical session has been added on Friday, which will allow...
by admin | Dec 9, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News
A veteran Democrat on the Missouri House Budget Committee will be leaving Jefferson City at the end of the month, after losing a Senate race to State Sen. Andrew Koenig, R-Manchester. State Rep. Deb Lavender, D-Kirkwood, was elected to the House in 2014 and served...
by admin | Jul 26, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News
Missouri’s state treasurer and the House Budget Committee chairman will travel across the state on Monday, urging Missourians to vote against Medicaid expansion on the August ballot. Medicaid, which is formally known as MO HealthNet, is a federal and state...
by admin | Jul 8, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News
The Missouri Democratic Party’s new acting chair is focusing on the August Medicaid expansion ballot measure and the November elections. Former State Rep. Clem Smith, D-Velda Village Hills, was elected to the Missouri House in 2010. He served eight years in the...
