A Southwest Missouri lawmaker is calling for changes to the State Tax Commission. Rep. Dirk Deaton, R-Seneca, told Missourinet affiliate KZRG in Joplin after the commission issued memorandums to 88 counties directing increases in property tax valuations, the move has...
Online scammers are taking advantage of people wanting to help the familes of two slain missionaries in Haiti. State Rep. Ben Baker, R-Neosho, the father of Natalie Lloyd, told Missourinet affiliate KCMO in Kansas City that con artists have been creating fake...
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...
