Tag: Missouri

Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich discusses the findings of an audit about welfare benefits during an interview Tuesday, Dec. 17, at his office in the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City. The audit found hundreds of cases in which electronic benefit cards were used by welfare recipients at questionable places or out-of-state locations for extended periods of time. (AP Photos/ David A. Lieb)

Audit questions use of some Missouri welfare benefits

Washington Examiner · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

Missouri School District Hit With $150,000 Bill for Obamacare

Daniel Halper · December 11, 2013 2:01 pm

Missouri food stamp rolls drop with less in-person help

Washington Examiner · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

The number of people on food stamp rolls in Missouri has dropped since the state switched to a centralized processing system and slashed most in-person help for people seeking public assistance. (AP/M. Spencer Green)

Missouri food stamp rolls drop with less in-person help

Associated Press · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

A truck drives on the Highway 40 bridge over I-70 near Midway, Mo., in August 2007. It's possible that the November 2014 ballot in Missouri could contain two major initiatives, including one proposing a 1-cent sales tax hike for transportation. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)

Analysis: Missouri ballot could have 2 tax questions

Associated Press · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

Missouri Republicans want their governor, Democrat Jay Nixon, to call a special election for a vacant Missouri House seat. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

GOP wants special election for Missouri House seat

Associated Press · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 1976 file photo, then newly elected members of the House of Representatives, Ike Skelton, D-Mo., left, and Bob Stump, D-Ariz., attended an orientation meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Skelton, who built a reputation as a military expert and social conservative during 34 years representing western and central Missouri in the U.S. House, died Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 in Virginia. He was 81. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges, File)

Former Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri dead at 81

Associated Press · October 29, 2013 4:00 am

Obamacare Shrinking Health Insurance Market, Raising Premiums

Michael Warren · October 24, 2013 2:57 pm

Gov. Jay Nixon plans ‘significant down payment’ for Missouri schools

Washington Examiner · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

KC Star: Gov. Jay Nixon reverses on Missouri food stamp cuts

Washington Examiner · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Missouri lawmakers have voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of an agriculture measure. (AP image)

Missouri lawmakers vote to override Jay Nixon on farm bill

Associated Press · September 13, 2013 4:00 am

National Security

KC Star: Twelve years after 9/11, Kansas City insists it is still at risk

Washington Examiner · September 12, 2013 4:00 am