by admin | Feb 24, 2014 | Health / Medicine, News
House Budget Committee Chairman Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood) and other House Republicans Monday unveiled a proposal to pay for a new state mental hospital at Fulton to replace the Fulton State Hospital. Stream says his proposal would save taxpayers about $120-million in...
by admin | Feb 20, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
House Republicans accuse Governor Jay Nixon (D) of turning the effort to replace the state’s only maximum-security psychiatric hospital into a “political football.” Nixon spoke to mental health advocates today at the Capitol that the House Budget...
by admin | Dec 16, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
The head of the Department of Mental Health’s Behavioral Health Division is optimistic about the Governor’s proposal that could accelerate the replacement of the only maximum security psychiatric unit in the state. Governor Jay Nixon announced last week...
by admin | Jan 24, 2013 | News
The effort to create a bonding proposal in the House is afoot. A bipartisan effort has been announced to create what proponents bill as potentially the biggest jobs package in state history. House Speaker Tim Jones (R-Eureka) says what it would support and other...
