A proposed plan to help fix Missouri’s childcare access problem is on tap to make its way back to the state legislature in 2024. The legislature failed to pass a tax credit package this year for childcare providers, donors to daycare centers, and businesses who help...
A legislative effort is underway to exempt sales tax on diaper purchases in Missouri. State Senator Lauren Arthur, D-Kansas City, told Missourinet that items of necessity, like diapers, should not be taxed as high as they are. “In Missouri, diapers are currently taxed...
Bipartisan legislation extending a critical funding mechanism for Missouri’s Medicaid program will head to the House Budget Committee Tuesday morning in Jefferson City. House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith (R-Carthage) tells Missourinet that his committee...
Missouri has paid a consulting firm more than $829,000 so far in federal funding for pandemic response coordination, despite Gov. Mike Parson saying a foundation was paying the tab. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports payroll records show the McChrystal Group has...
At least seven Missouri Democratic state lawmakers will be joining striking autoworkers on the General Motors (GM) picket line Friday morning in Kansas City, Kansas. The massive 572-acre GM Fairfax Assembly and Stamping Plant is minutes away from downtown Kansas City,...
