by admin | Aug 13, 2006 | Uncategorized
The head of the state’s welfare agency leaves this week, looking back on what he’s done in 16 months, and looking at the future leadership of his department. Social Services Director Gary Sherman was talked into returning to Missouri in April of 2005. He...
by admin | Jul 20, 2005 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
A leading social welfare group wants the legislature to expand its concern about healthcare beyond Medicaid. A series of public hearings has been planned by the Missouri Association for Social Welfare, similar to the hearings being held by the Medicaid Reform...
by admin | Jul 13, 2005 | Politics / Govt, Weather
Missouri’s conceal and carry gun law has been fixed.Governor Blunt has signed legislation that addresses the State Supreme Court’s concerns about how the law would be funded. The court upheld the law, but found fault with its funding mechanism, ruling it...
by admin | Apr 5, 2004 | Politics / Govt
The welfare-to-work program has been called – by both Democrats and Republicans – one of the most successful programs ever to come out of Washington, D.C. But efforts to extend it by another five years have bogged down in the U.S. Senate becaue of a...
by admin | Apr 18, 2003 | News
A bill promoted as a fix of the troubled state child welfare system easily passes the House and moves to the Senate. And, though the foster care bill wins approval on a 121-to-14 vote, it has its critics. The bill calls for the state to experiment with privatization....
