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Posts Tagged ‘Missouri’

Lawmakers Say Special Session Likely Unneeded to Fund Missouri Medicaid Expansion

By | August 11, 2021 | 0
Demonstrators stand outside of the Governor’s Mansion in Jefferson City on July 1, 2021 and hold signs urging Gov. Mike Parson to fund voter-approved Medicaid expansion.

Legislative leaders of both parties say that a special session is probably not needed to appropriate additional funds following a court order to begin covering Missourians who are eligible under voter-approved Medicaid expansion.

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Missouri’s Bicentennial Quilt Stitches Together a State With Many Splits

By | August 11, 2021 | 0
Rosalie Gilbert says her husband Charles Gilbert has been a member of the State Historical Society of Missouri since his college years, and he was excited to come see its bicentennial exhibit in Columbia.

The Missouri bicentennial quilt seeks to bring together an often divided state by collecting local stories from each of 114 counties.

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Missouri’s Eviction Crisis Could Be a ‘Humanitarian Tragedy,’ Advocates Say

By | August 3, 2021 | 0
The St. Louis Housing Defense Collective held a rally downtown on Aug. 2, 2021, demanding that housing assistance get into the hands of those facing evictions.

The federal eviction moratorium ended Saturday, and distribution of rental assistance has been slow in Missouri.

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Fight Over Mask Orders Growing at Rate to Rival Missouri Delta Variant Cases

By | July 29, 2021 | 0
A sign marks the entrance to the a drive-through COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Shannon County Health Center on July 8, 2021.

Politicians are fighting over masks. Public health officials are begging people to get vaccinated. And meanwhile, the Delta variant continues to spread almost unchecked in Missouri.

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Missouri Supreme Court Rules Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion is Constitutional

By | July 22, 2021 | 0
Demonstrators stand outside of the Governor's Mansion in Jefferson City on July 1, 2021 and hold signs urging Gov. Mike Parson to fund voter-approved Medicaid expansion.

The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that voter-approved Medicaid expansion is constitutional, making 275,000 Missourians eligible for health care coverage.

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