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Missouri supplemental budget shows shortfall in Medicaid, education funding BY: Rudi Keller - January 30, 2025 Keeping Missouri state government operating through June 30 will cost $2.1 billion more than lawmakers budgeted last year thanks to lowballed spending estimates, sluggish lottery sales and new programs in education and other areas.

2 days ago · Torch Electronics and other purveyors of unregulated video slot machines that pay out cash prizes would have up to 18 months to convert to regulated lottery games or shut down under a bill approved Monday in a Missouri House committee. By an 8-5 vote, with several members saying they voted “yes ...

2 days ago · A lawsuit over $15 million in state funds, where a Fortune 500 hospital company is seeking to stop a not-for-profit provider from opening a new cancer service in its backyard, went to trial Monday in Jefferson City.. Since early December, a temporary restraining order has blocked the Missouri Department of Social Services from delivering money from an earmarked appropriation for Hannibal ...

2 days ago · Civil Rights; Health Care; Legislature; Missouri Republicans push to make laws restricting transgender minors permanent Opponents spent eight hours urging a Missouri House committee to leave the expiration date in place on laws barring transgender students from competing in sports according to their gender identity and restricting gender-affirming care for …

Dec 9, 2024 · Missouri’s new law boosting the minimum wage and providing paid sick leave for workers should be thrown out because it violated constitutional rules on ballot initiatives, a coalition of business advocacy groups argued in a lawsuit filed Friday.. Proposition A, a ballot measure that passed by a wide margin, would increase the state’s minimum wage on Jan. 1 and guarantee paid sick leave for ...

Jan 6, 2025 · BOONVILLE — In 2022, Heather Overstreet moved her growing dog grooming, training and boarding business into a converted garage. It was a milestone for a business she started at age 16 by training dogs for friends of her mother. She innovated on the furnishings, refurbishing a bathtub left behind ...

Nov 7, 2024 · A coalition of Missouri business advocacy groups says they’re exploring multiple avenues to challenge the implementation of Proposition A — a measure that Missouri voters passed on Tuesday that will raise the state’s minimum wage and guarantee sick leave for …

Nov 7, 2024 · Missourians voted Tuesday night to protect abortion rights, raise the minimum wage and guarantee paid sick leave for workers. They also voted by wide margins to send Republicans to Jefferson City who vehemently oppose those proposals and may try to roll them back.

May 10, 2024 · With the state budget finally out of the way, Missouri Republicans are ready to turn their attention to a priority they’ve pursued since day one of legislative session: making it harder to amend the state constitution through an initiative petition. Senate Majority Leader Cindy O’Laughlin told reporters Thursday that Republicans intend to bring the initiative petition bill to …