A Missouri task force has been meeting for the past three summers to find ways to help people struggling with addiction to stay clean. Alisa Nelson talks to the task force’s chairman, Marshfield state Representative John Black. He says lawmakers have focused their...
Missouri’s economic cost associated with fighting substance use disorder is $8.5 billion. Marshfield Republican Representative John Black tells Anthony Morabith that the state’s Substance Abuse task force has been meeting for years to address a continuing...
If Missouri schools fail to adequately report bullying, it could cost them. Alisa Nelson talks to Marshfield Representative John Black about his anti-bullying bill.
Missouri is working to make its Medicaid program sustainable after voters approved the expansion of the government healthcare program. The 2020 campaign added roughly another 230,000 low-income adults to the program. During a state budget subcommittee hearing, Todd...
In this day and age of some serious worker shortages, Missouri is deciding whether to let its state agencies and schools create employee retention and performance incentive programs. The Missouri Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee is considering a...
