by Mike Lear | Apr 18, 2014 | Education, News
Attempts to fix issues with Missouri’s student transfer law will be one of the focuses in the last four weeks of the legislative session. Numerous lawmakers and groups have been working this session on possible changes to a 1993 law that lays out how students...
by Mike Lear | Apr 10, 2014 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon (D) says the legislature didn’t go far enough to fund education in the supplemental budget it sent him this week, so he’s going to withhold money from the current fiscal year’s budget equal to a shortfall in gaming and lottery...
by Mike Lear | Apr 3, 2014 | Health / Medicine, News
A former Miss America hopes this is the year Missouri passes legislation to require health insurance plans to cover the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders. Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund has visited the Missouri Capitol once again, urging state lawmakers...
by Mike Lear | Mar 25, 2014 | News
The state House has given initial approval to a proposed spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The Republican Majority twice rejected amendments that would have built federal money to expand eligibility for Medicaid into the budget. Both efforts were...
by Mike Lear | Mar 25, 2014 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri House will debate the proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 today. The proposal is split between two funds because the Governor and legislative budget makers didn’t agree on an estimate of revenue for fiscal year 2015. It would draw...