by Mike Lear | Mar 24, 2014 | Health / Medicine, News
A House Committee will continue its hearings on a Republican proposal for reform and expansion of Medicaid Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. The Committee on Government Oversight and Accountability will hear Monday at 2 p.m. the portions of the legislation dealing...
by Mike Lear | Mar 11, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
A House Committee has held the first hearing of a Republican proposal for reform and expansion of Medicaid. The first of three planned hearings to pick apart the bill has focused on reform components. Drawing the most criticism on the day are the proposals of a...
by Mike Lear | Feb 19, 2014 | Health / Medicine, News
A Republican plan for expansion and reform of Medicaid has been filed. Representative Noel Torpey (R-Independence) has filed the bill after chairing one of two House interim committees on Medicaid last summer. Torpey’s proposal takes a different approach from...
by Mike Lear | Feb 10, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
The Director of the Department of Corrections has for the first time spoken publicly about the questions and controversy raised in recent months over the carrying out of executions. George Lombardi has told the House Committee on Government Oversight and...
by Mike Lear | Jan 21, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
There will be no revelations in a legislative committee hearing today about how Missouri carries out executions. Representative Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) says the Department of Corrections’ Director George Lombardi is not going to testify before the House...
