August 2022

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his office joined 22 other states in filing an amicus brief in Health Freedom Defense Fund Inc. vs. Joseph R. Biden, opposing President Biden and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) interstate travel mask mandate. The attorneys general argue that the district court correctly

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Tuesday that his team of special prosecutors within the Public Safety division of his office that aid local prosecutors across the state has secured 125 criminal convictions since January 3, 2019, when he was sworn in as Attorney General. These cases reflect pleas, jury verdicts, and

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council hosts “Learning with MODDC” online workshop titled “Make Informed Employment Decisions with Missouri Disability Benefits 101” with Nicholas Love, community inclusion director at the World Institute on Disability (WID). This workshop will be virtual, hosted by Zoom, at 3 p.m. CT, Monday, August 22.   Anyone can join

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, 8th District Missouri Congressman Jason Smith (Mo.) and Terri Sewell (Ala.) announced that they have introduced the Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Access and Stability Act, bipartisan legislation that would extend pandemic-era Medicare payment policies for LTCHs for one year after the end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE). Such an extension

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missourians who lost food purchased with their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits due flooding in St. Charles County, St. Louis City, or St. Louis County will now have until August 24th to report their loss to the Family Support Division and receive replacement benefits. This extension comes after the United