by Alisa Nelson | Jul 1, 2020 | Business, Education, Health / Medicine, News, Transportation
About 300 state workers are getting laid off and another 200 vacant positions will be eliminated. During a press conference Tuesday, State Budget Director Dan Haug shared the details. “That’s out of a state workforce of over 50,000. We did certainly try to protect our...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 23, 2020 | Business, Education, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The State Treasurer’s Office says two Democrats – State Representative Kip Kendrick of Columbia and Senator Karla May of St. Louis – have joined Gov. Mike Parson’s coronavirus funding working group. Members are tasked with recommending to the governor the...
by admin | Apr 7, 2020 | Business, Education, Health / Medicine, News
The Missouri House will return to Jefferson City Wednesday afternoon, to debate and vote on the unprecedented proposed $5.8 billion supplemental budget, to battle the COVID-19 outbreak. Missouri House Budget Director Dan Haug testified Tuesday before the Senate...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 7, 2020 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
A Missouri Senate committee with a say in the state’s piggy bank has sifted through Gov. Mike Parson’s request for $5.8 billion in extra cash during the current state budget year. Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee did the work while some of them donned...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 1, 2020 | Business, Education, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt, Transportation
Gov. Mike Parson says the coronavirus has already been hard felt in the state’s economy – more people are staying home, business operations have been limited, many people have lost their jobs and state revenue is down. During today’s press briefing, he says he is...
