Back at the turn of the century, as Chair of the Missouri Advisory Council On Alcohol and Drug Abuse, I appeared before committees working-up
Tag: Missouri legislature
MO GOP PAC goes low with scary words and images
The Missouri House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) seems to have a thing for scary words like socialism, state-controlled healthcare, atheists, liberal professors, progressive and,
MO legislature creates a new poverty crime
It’s now a law in Missouri that, if you’re on Medicaid, and you miss your doctor’s appointment without notifying the doctor 24 hours in
Who benefits from NRA’s push for MO guns-everywhere law?
The National Rifle Association will make the override of Senate Bill 656 their top priority in the country this week as the omnibus gun
Legislative pickpockets: What 2016 right-wing laws cost MO taxpayers
Paul Waldman described Donald Trump’s “flexibility” in regard to the right-wing gun culture as “a perfect expression of the larger Republican bargain, where the
Uncontested: One of the worst words in a democracy
It has always been hard to unseat an incumbent candidate. The advantages of already possessing a legislative title like State Representative or State Senator
MO legislator wants names of women who’ve had an abortion
If you had an abortion in Missouri between 2010 and 2015, you’re on Missouri State Senator Kurt Schaefer’s hit list. Schaefer, a Republican, demanded
Medicaid: A two-act morality play for Missouri voters
Millions of words have been written about Medicaid, and the failure to expand it, in Missouri. The words have fallen on deaf ears. Maybe
No excuses: Expand Medicaid
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch correctly identifies problems with the Missouri Medicaid program (“Medicaid missteps,” May 10). But citing the system as “broken” as a
The wacko world of state legislatures: Missouri 2015 edition
It’s crazy time again in Missouri: the opening weeks of the legislative session. This is the time of year when legislators introduce their nutso