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In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe V. Wade, Kentucky voters are set to decide another issue in the abortion debate.

Robert Blackmon and Ken Welch square off for mayor, 7 charter changes also on ballot

Robert Blackmon and Ken Welch square off for mayor, 7 charter changes also on ballot

Missourinet Missouri’s Medicaid expansion lawsuit case is now in the hands of the seven-member state Supreme Court. The court heard about 35 minutes of oral arguments Tuesday morning in Jefferson City. Missouri Solicitor General D. John Sauer addresses Judge Jon Edward Beetem on June 21, 2021 in Cole County Circuit Court in Jefferson City (file photo courtesy of Jefferson City News-Tribune pool photographer Julie Smith) Their attorney, Chuck Hatfield, says Missouri lawmakers approved Medicaid...

Missourinet The Missouri Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday morning in Jefferson City in one of the biggest cases the court has faced in recent memory: Missouri’s Medicaid expansion lawsuit case. Oral arguments will begin Tuesday at 11 a.m. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Edward Beetem views a slide presentation from attorney Chuck Hatfield during a June 21st hearing in Jefferson City on Missouri’s Medicaid expansion lawsuit (file photo courtesy of News-Tribune” pool photographe...

Missourinet You are here: Home / What we’re watching this week in the Missouri Legislature: Medicaid expansion debate, budget and daylight saving time bill What we’re watching this week in the Missouri Legislature: Medicaid expansion debate, budget and daylight saving time bill You can expect a debate about Medicaid expansion on the Missouri Senate floor in Jefferson City later this week. Missouri Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo (D-Independence) and other Democratic lawmakers tour a vacc...

Missourinet You are here: Home / Missouri’s House Budget Committee chair outlines alternative to Medicaid expansion; Kirk Mathews is Acting Medicaid director Missouri’s House Budget Committee chair outlines alternative to Medicaid expansion; Kirk Mathews is Acting Medicaid director Missouri’s House Budget Committee learned new details Tuesday in Jefferson City about a budget blueprint from the committee chair to direct dollars slated for Medicaid expansion for other programs, including M...

A Sign Urging Voters to Approve Minimum Wage Increase Amendment two gives everyone making minimum wage in Florida the right to earn $15 an hour by 2026. The voter-approved constitutional amendment to raise the minimum wage in Florida is being crafted into law, in the form of a bill working through the state legislature. But some lawmakers are pushing efforts to exclude some from that pay raise. Republican State Senator Jeff Brandes drafted a bill excluding felons, and those under 21, from the r...

Missourinet You are here: Home Missouri’s governor pledges to move forward with Medicaid expansion; state employee pay raise proposed Missouri’s governor delivered an unprecedented State of the State Address on Wednesday afternoon in Jefferson City, in the Missouri Senate chamber. The Missouri Highway Patrol’s Color Guard presents the flags in the Senate chamber before Governor Parson’s January 27, 2021 State of the State Address (photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) Missouri...

Missourinet You are here: Home Missouri Medicaid expansion implementation discussion to begin after State of State address The Missouri House Budget Committee is expected to hold its first meeting of 2021 this week in Jefferson City. Missouri House Budget Committee Chair Cody Smith, R-Carthage, speaks at the Statehouse in Jefferson City on November 9, 2020 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) House Majority Floor Leader Dean Plocher, R-Des Peres, has released a revised Ho...