Tyson Foods is closing its chicken processing plants in southeast Missouri’s Dexter and in southwest Missouri’s Noel. The closures are expected in October, with nearly 700 jobs disappearing in Dexter. John Newby, President and CEO of the McDonald County...
A judge in mid-Missouri’s Cole County will hold a hearing Monday afternoon in Jefferson City involving a lawsuit filed by three women who want the state to fund Medicaid expansion. The plaintiffs note Missouri voters approved Medicaid expansion in August....
The Missouri Legislature has voted to give final approval to an approximately $35 billion state operating budget, a budget that does not contain funding for Medicaid expansion. Democratic lawmakers are appealing directly to GOP Governor Mike Parson, urging him to work...
We’ll learn more details about Missouri’s proposed $1.27 billion supplemental budget on Monday afternoon, during the House Budget Committee’s hearing in Jefferson City. The committee plans a noon hearing in the Missouri House chamber. The funding...
A freshman state lawmaker from southwest Missouri’s Noel is the new vice chairman of the powerful Missouri House Budget Committee. House Speaker Elijah Haahr, R-Springfield, has appointed State Rep. Dirk Deaton, R-Noel, to the post, saying Deaton will be ready...
