MO State News

Missouri’s healthcare system is strained By Rob Jones, director of Integrated Marketing Communications, University of Missouri Extension; Joe Kingsbury, assistant director, MU Office of Health Outreach, Policy & Education; Sarah Davis, maternal health specialist, MU College of Health Sciences; Chiquita Chanay, education director, Community Health Engagement and Outreach, MU Extension; Rachel Mutrux, director, Missouri Telehealth […]

From the Office of the Lt. Gov. JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Lieutenant Governor David Wasinger has announced that Buy Missouri Day will return to the Missouri State Capitol on Wednesday, April 29, bringing together more than 30 businesses from across the state for a showcase of Missouri-made products and homegrown success stories. Held in the first-floor

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. –Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has announced that her office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has filed criminal charges against Rebecca Walker and Douglaz Walker, who received payment after submitting false time records to Medicaid for personal care services they did not actually provide. The Walkers, while claiming to be personal care attendants providing

Source: David Trinklein COLUMBIA, Mo. – Rhubarb shows up tart, bold, and unapologetically itself. Someone once said, “If confidence were edible, it would taste like rhubarb.” Others have likened it to celery with an attitude problem. Photo by RhubarbFarmer. Shared under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Rhubarb is also one

BOSTON, Mass. – Average gasoline prices in Missouri have risen 3.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.68/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 23.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 80.7 cents per gallon higher than a year ago.  

by Caleb JonesLong before I convinced Lindsey to marry me, I learned I was going to have to earn it. If memory serves me right, I sent her flowers every day for a week before she would even return my call. Some men fall in love at first sight. I apparently signed up for a

By Jason Smith, member of Congress   Medicare was created as a promise to every American who spent decades working and paying into the system so that when the time came, they could get the care they needed. Today, that promise is under attack. The Ways and Means Committee, which I chair, has jurisdiction over

Money Talks Money was the focus of lengthy discussions this week in the Missouri Senate as we debated the appropriations bills that will comprise the state operating budget for fiscal year 2027. Due to the governor on May 8, just two weeks away, the $52.7 billion spending blueprint was negotiated, amended and passed by the