by admin | Apr 28, 2009 | Politics / Govt
Missouri could try a new experiment; a specialized court to deal with child support. Drug Courts have worked. Now, the state will try Child Support Enforcement Courts. "What we want to do is reconnect the fathers with their children and urge them to pay their...
by admin | Apr 5, 2009 | Politics / Govt
A Senate committee has heard that Missouri’s child care eligibility rules actually discourage young mothers from seeking jobs and keeps them in poverty. Sister Berta Sailer started Operation Breakthrough in Kansas City in 1968. At that time, Operation...
by admin | Sep 7, 2008 | Politics / Govt
Some political commentators have suggested that Sarah Palin will have trouble balancing vice presidential duties with raising a family. During state treasurer Sarah Steelman’s 10 year political career she said she was able to find a balance, but it did come with...
by admin | Sep 7, 2008 | Politics / Govt
Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden (D-DE) campaigns in Missouri on Tuesday, making stops in Columbia and St. Louis. The Columbia event, scheduled for 9:30 Tuesday morning, is a town hall with the Delaware Senator. Tickets for the event are required, and...
by admin | Aug 13, 2008 | News
Governor Blunt has formed a task force to review how the state can help foster children never placed in a home become independent. Not all foster children get adopted. In fact, of the 9, 373 children in Missouri’s foster care system, about a quarter of them are...
