Language in next year’s proposed federal budget is designed to prevent the hospital at southern Missouri’s Fort Leonard Wood from being downgraded to a clinic. In an interview with Missourinet, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, explained how it would work. “I...
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, wants the Trump Administration to cancel a nearly $5 billion loan approved for the Grain Belt Express. The proposed powerline would stretch across northern Missouri, transporting electricity generated by wind turbines in Kansas...
The Trump Administration is planning to cut more than 80,000 jobs at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as part of a massive reorganization. U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, defends the plan, saying the former Biden Administration bloated the size of the VA....
Missouri resettled over 3,200 refugees during the last federal fiscal year, which ended September 30th. That’s more than in the past two fiscal years combined, according to Paul Costigan, with Missouri’s Office of Refugee Administration. He told Missourinet that the...
Missouri has joined several other states in suing the Biden Administration over a new rule mandating minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes. The rule requires each nursing home in the United States to have a registered nurse on duty 24/7, requires each...
