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Health care advocates are speaking out against proposed cuts to a California program that provides in-home care aides to low-income seniors and people with disabilities who are undocumented immigrants. Governor Gavin Newsoms May budget revision would cut about 2,600 people from the In-Home Support Services program, to save an estimated $94 million. Dania Perea Alonso, undocumented immigrant from Fresno who receives these services is hearing- and vision-impaired and said the program makes it po...

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The Missouri Senate did very little on the final day of the 2024 legislative session.Much is it had for the past couple of weeks, the Senate could get nothing t

Effort to ban child marriage in Missouri also fails as time runs out.

(The Center Square) – The day after the Missouri Senate requested a conference with the House to possibly compromise on how voters could change the state constitution, the House sent

The Missouri Senate did nothing but fight during two brief floor sessions Thursday, with Majority Leader Cindy O’Laughlin stepping in during each to cut off acrimonious exchanges, first with a recess and then with adjournment. As a result, the Senate considered no legislation on the penultimate day of this year’s session and seems unlikely to […] The post Missouri Senate bitterness halts action as lawmakers prepare for final day of chaotic session appeared first on Missouri ...

With outside advocacy groups putting on the pressure, state lawmakers on Thursday demonstrated no urgency in working to get the constitutional change voting maj

It took 10 minutes Monday for the Missouri Senate to spin into chaos as the fighting resumed at the first meeting after a 41-hour filibuster.

It took about 10 minutes Monday for the Missouri Senate to devolve into chaos. Members came to the floor for the first time since they adjourned about 4 a.m. Thursday at the end of a 41-hour filibuster by members of the Missouri Freedom Caucus. As soon as the daily preliminaries of a prayer and other […] The post Missouri Senate stalls out quickly on return after 41-hour filibuster appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Republican gridlock leaves Missouri senators with less than four days to pass a $53 billion state budget.