by Alisa Nelson | Apr 10, 2019 | News, Transportation
The Missouri Senate Conservative Caucus blocked action into this morning on fellow Republican Governor Mike Parson’s $350 million proposed bridge repair plan. The governor’s blueprint would fix 250 bridges over three years. The bill, sponsored by Senate President Dave...
by Mike Lear | Nov 14, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
The work of the Senate Interim Committee on Medicaid Reform and Expansion has ended with its minority members breaking away to write their own report on its findings. This comes after the Republican majority led a vote to reject recommendations regarding eligibility...
by Mike Lear | May 23, 2013 | Education, News
Lawmakers disagree on how much impact an education bill that has been sent to the Governor will have. The bill would lift the current two-year wait for the state to intervene in a school district that has become unaccredited. It would let the state replace the failed...
by Mike Lear | May 20, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
The discussion of the future of Medicaid in Missouri has likely not ended with the close of the legislative session. The General Assembly has approved legislation that would create at House-Senate Committee to study Medicaid reform in the interim. The idea was...
by Mike Lear | May 9, 2013 | Education, News
For the second time, an attempt by House leadership to pass education reform legislation has failed in a late night vote. Changes were proposed to Senate bill 125 sponsored by Senator Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis City) that would lift the two-year wait before the...