When 15 Republicans sided with Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon last September in sustaining his veto of a tax cut he argued could threaten education funding, conservative groups vowed there would be electoral consequences come primary time.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A handful of state senators took to the floor on Monday to declare the idea of Medicaid expansion dead in Missouri. But Sen. Ryan Silvey, R-Kansas City, in a Springfield News-Leader op-ed on Thursday, said Republicans should…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Conservative activist Kerry Messer, president of the Missouri Family Network, filed with a court seeking an immediate injunction against Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon Wednesday over an executive order allowing gay couples married in other states to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and the Missouri Hospital Association on Wednesday layer out a dire case for the future of Missouri’s health care industry without Medicaid expansion in the state. At a news conference at the…
JOPLIN, Mo. – While a Republican-led effort to move Medicaid expansion through the House is still ongoing, their conservative counterparts in the Senate have declared the issue dead in the upper chamber this year.
JOPLIN, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon said Tuesday he was not opposed to working with lawmakers on legislation to update the state’s criminal code, but was not in favor of a large, comprehensive package. Senators Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, and…