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When Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare in Clinton received $1 million from the state last year to expand its cancer treatment options, the small hospital was ready to match the grant. The new facility providing radiation therapies opened in December, saving patients from the region a drive to Kansas City or Springfield or doing without the […] The post Match rules limit spending of Missouri’s federal infrastructure funds as deadlines loom appeared first on Missouri Independent.

On Jan. 18, the ninth day of the 2024 legislative session, a bill essential to balancing the state budget was placed first in line on the Senate’s calendar for debate. On the same day, a bill expanding an education scholarship program was also put on the calendar, second in line. Last week, the education bill […] The post Senate battle over taxes that fund Missouri Medicaid leaves state budget in limbo appeared first on Missouri Independent.

While past efforts to kick Planned Parenthood off Missouri's Medicaid program have been struck down by courts, this year, GOP lawmakers are taking another approach.

State Sen. Denny Hoskins, who is seeking Jay Ashcroft’s job as secretary of state, calls Ashcroft “chicken (expletive)” six times and also a “(expletive) coward.”

On Jan. 18, the ninth day of the 2024 legislative session, a bill essential to balancing the state budget was placed first in line on the Senate’s calendar for debate.

Lawmakers in Missouri are trying to defund Planned Parenthood by taking it off Medicaid rolls, even for the most basic of health care services.

Lawmakers in Missouri are trying to defund Planned Parenthood by taking it off Medicaid rolls, even for the most basic of health care services.

A new vetting process for Republican candidates in Missouri is garnering support, concern and a lawsuit.

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri. — When a Republican colleague threatened to read aloud from a 2-foot stack of books — including a biblical guide to leadership and a tome by anti-tax activist Grover Norquist — to protest inaction on his bills last week, Missouri state Sen. Rick Brattin quickly took up the cause. Seizing on a chance to […] The post Freedom Caucuses push for conservative state laws, but getting attention is their big success appeared first on Daily Montanan.

“It’s time for us to re-fund the police and invest in our communities,” said Ashcroft, one of the Republican candidates for governor.