by admin | Jun 27, 2021 | Education, Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
Bipartisan legislation extending a critical funding mechanism for Missouri’s Medicaid program will head to the House Budget Committee Tuesday morning in Jefferson City. House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith (R-Carthage) tells Missourinet that his committee...
by admin | Jun 20, 2021 | Agriculture, Education, Legislature, News
A newly-formed Missouri House committee on broadband development will hear testimony next month from Missouri’s largest general farm organization and from rural electric cooperatives. The Missouri House Special Interim Committee on Broadband Development has...
by admin | Jun 20, 2021 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
A judge in mid-Missouri’s Cole County will hold a hearing Monday afternoon in Jefferson City involving a lawsuit filed by three women who want the state to fund Medicaid expansion. The plaintiffs note Missouri voters approved Medicaid expansion in August....
by admin | Jun 13, 2021 | Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
Missouri’s House Budget Committee chairman says progress has been made on a key funding mechanism for Missouri Medicaid, and he’s asking the governor to call a special session by the end of the month. The issue involves the federal reimbursement allowance...
by admin | Jun 9, 2021 | Agriculture, Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
Missouri’s governor says the only special session he plans to call this year at this point involves congressional redistricting, which is required because of the new U.S. Census data. Governor Mike Parson tells Capitol reporters that he currently has 13 requests...