by admin | Jun 2, 2020 | Education, Health / Medicine, News
Citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the loss of 300,000 jobs between March and April, Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) has announced an additional $210 million in budget withholds, including $131 million for the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...
by admin | May 15, 2020 | Health / Medicine, News
Absentee ballot legislation that expands voting by mail through the rest of 2020 is on its way to Missouri Governor Mike Parson’s desk, after receiving final approval from the House in Jefferson City on Friday evening. The final House vote was 121-24, and came...
by admin | May 11, 2020 | Business, Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News
Legislation that would create a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) is now heading to a Missouri House-Senate conference committee in Jefferson City, for negotiations. Missouri is the only state in the nation without a PDMP, which is an electronic database...
by admin | Apr 29, 2020 | Business, Education, Health / Medicine, News, Transportation
The Missouri House is expected to give final approval to a proposed $34.9 billion state operating budget Wednesday in Jefferson City. The House will gavel-in Wednesday morning at 10, and House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith, R-Carthage, tells Missourinet...
by admin | Apr 8, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, History, News
The Missouri Legislature voted Wednesday in Jefferson City to approve a historic $6.2 billion emergency relief package to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed at least 58 Missourians and has cost thousands of jobs across the state. The Senate approved the...
