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The Missouri State Capitol building located in Jefferson City, Missouri. Passage of a tax credit for donors of educational scholarships could open the door to other bills making it across the legislative finish line. The Missouri General Assembly will move into its final week of regular session Monday with scores of key priorities left unpassed, leaving lots of uncertainty about what will end up making it to Gov. Mike Parson’s desk. But the passage of key education-related legislation last week could open up the floodgates for other priorities to pass. When legislators gavel into session on...

Listen • 5:01 Autumn Stultz makes too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but would if Missouri follows through with a ballot initiative that passed last year. With the legislature refusing to fund expansion, Stultz, who works as a caregiver for her mother in Springfield, is understandably anxious about whether she can afford medical care for herself. “They’re not listening to the Missouri voters. They’re not listening to their constituents,” Stultz said. “And it’s really ticking a lot of people off.” Republicans have put forth a number of reasons why they�...

/ Missouri lawmakers are mulling whether to make it harder to pass ballot initiatives. Autumn Stultz makes too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but would if Missouri follows through with a ballot initiative that passed last year. With the legislature refusing to fund expansion, Stultz, who works as a caregiver for her mother in Springfield, is understandably anxious about whether she can afford medical care for herself. “They’re not listening to the Missouri voters. They’re not listening to their constituents,” Stultz said. “And it’s really ticking a lot of people off.” Repub...

A new book out April 6 by a veteran Hartford paramedic paints dark and sorrowful scenes from Connecticut's worsening opioid epidemic.

/ Nick Myers, a certified public accountant from Newton County, was recently elected to be the chairman of the Missouri Republican Party. For newly elected Missouri Republican Party Chairman Nick Myers, his primary goal as leader of the state GOP is pretty simple. “My goal is to elect Republicans,” Myers said. Myers, a certified public accountant from Newton County and longtime party insider, said Missouri Republicans are well positioned to defend a U.S. Senate seat and capture the state auditor’s office next year. And based on the party’s off-the-charts performance in rural and exurb...