MO: Budget Policy & Priorities
Missourians unaware of dual eligible special needs plans for healthcare savings
Dual Special Needs Plans such as Medicare Advantage in Missouri offer low costs with minimal co-pays and deductibles. In Missouri and across the …
MO summit tackles rising child food insecurity as benefits expire
As COVID-era benefits near expiration, a recent Child Wellness Summit brought together nonprofits to tackle urgent child well-being and food-…
MO gears up for participation in kids' summer food program
Missouri is planning ahead to make sure kids from lower-income families have enough to eat this summer. The state has opted into a federal food …
New funding a boost for community health centers
Community health centers in Missouri and across the nation are getting a boost in funding thanks to Congress' passage of a bipartisan spending package…
Report: Older foundations, regardless of intent, may have racist beginnings
A recent report details how great wealth that later made philanthropy possible around the country but most evidently in the District of Columbia…
MO schools and health advocates promote cardiac emergency response plans
Missouri Senate Bills 1032 and 1081 would require public schools to develop and implement cardiac emergency response plans and advocates are stressing…
Calls for increased rural Postal Service staffing grow louder
Across the country and especially in rural parts of Missouri, U.S. Postal Service staffing shortages are being blamed by some for delays in mail …
Missouri's taxes require more from low and middle-income families
New data show Missouri has the 35th most regressive state and local tax system in the country. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found …
Did Parson's abortion stance prompt historic family, education funding?
State legislators applauded Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's State of the State address last week - although for very different reasons. The governor's …
Child care tax credits gain momentum in MO
While Missouri's legislative session has just begun, child-care tax credits are at top of mind with a bipartisan House bill. HB 1488 takes a three-…
Where's the money for rural Missouri education?
Nearly half of Missouri's public schools are in rural areas, and they serve more than one in five of the Show-Me State's students. But Missouri …
Livestock manure makes 'big stink' for MO family farmers
Congress passed a one-year extension of the current Farm Bill, which means the debate over a new bill will continue well into 2024. Advocacy groups …