by admin | Jul 13, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News
Bipartisan legislation that aims to modernize Missouri’s foster care system and provides Medicaid coverage to homeless children was signed into law Monday by the governor in Jefferson City. State Rep. Sheila Solon, R-St. Joseph, who chairs the House Children and...
by admin | May 22, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Education, Health / Medicine, News
(News director J.T. Gerlt from Missourinet Versailles affiliate KTKS contributed to this story) A veteran Missouri lawmaker who is term-limited has announced that he will be taking over as the new Children’s Division director in mid-June. State Rep. David Wood,...
by Mike Lear | May 17, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The state’s budget director tells House Republicans the Nixon Administration’s budget office is willing to work with legislative budget makers to change how the state pays dues to organizations its agencies and elected officials belong to. Republicans...
by Mike Lear | May 14, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
State House Republicans are criticizing Governor Jay Nixon (D) for the use of more than $390,000 in the past three fiscal years’ budgets for the Department of Social Services to pay dues to the National Governors Association. More than $206,000 of that has come...
by Mike Lear | May 12, 2014 | News
The Senate Budget Committee Chairman has said he will be watching for results from the Children’s Division within the Department of Social Services for improvements in its handling of child abuse cases. That comes as the legislature and Governor Jay Nixon (D)...
