Tag: Missouri

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Missouri's decision to prevent a church-operated daycare and preschool from receiving funding from a state program was unconstitutional. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Supreme Court: Blocking church daycare from state funding unconstitutional

Ryan Lovelace · June 26, 2017 2:21 pm

On Sunday, Mike Moon uploaded a 71-second video of him discussing Republican Gov. Eric Greitens' request for a special legislative session while slaughtering a live chicken. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Missouri state lawmaker promotes his anti-abortion bill by breaking chicken’s neck

Jack O'brien · June 13, 2017 5:01 pm

Forty-seven counties are projected to have no Obamacare insurers next year and 1,200 could have only one, according to a report. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

CMS: 47 counties won’t have Obamacare coverage in 2018

Robert King · June 13, 2017 2:35 pm

Dr. Tricia Derges, right, stands with Missouri Rep. Lynn Morris after they testified in support of legislation expanding eligibility for Missouri's assistant physician law at a Senate committee hearing at the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. Derges' application had been denied because Missouri took so long to implement the 2014 assistant physician law, but she could become eligible under new legislation recently passed by the legislature. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Missouri looks to ease doctor shortage with ‘assistant physicians’

Anna Giaritelli · June 5, 2017 4:01 am

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is pulling out of 32 counties in Kansas and Missouri next year. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Blue Cross pulls out of Obamacare markets in Kansas, Missouri

Robert King · May 24, 2017 6:05 pm

"There are large compliance costs with having to deal with a myriad of regulations across states and now across localities. For many businesses, the minimum wage hike in their state will already be a cost ... but now dealing with different minimum wages in different parts of the state (and across the country) imposes an additional cost," said Aparna Mathur, economic policy scholar for American Enterprise Institute.

States rein in cities raising minimum wage

Sean Higgins · May 22, 2017 4:01 am

Protests Get Results

The Scrapbook · May 19, 2017 6:15 am

Scott Pruitt delays rule for one year, after states say their farmers and ranchers were not ready to begin following the final rule. (Wikipedia Commons)

Energy and Environment

EPA slams brakes on Obama’s new pesticide rules

John Siciliano · May 11, 2017 5:54 pm

Make Happy Hour Great Again

Jim Swift · April 19, 2017 9:22 pm

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court scrapped the provocation rule because of its inconsistency with existing court precedent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tempers flare at Supreme Court over religious liberty case

Ryan Lovelace · April 19, 2017 5:24 pm

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court scrapped the provocation rule because of its inconsistency with existing court precedent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gorsuch gets major religious liberty case for his opening week on the Supreme Court

Ryan Lovelace · April 17, 2017 4:01 am

The incident took place at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, outside Kansas City. (Screengrab/Twitter)

National Security

One dead after explosion at Army ammunition factory in Kansas City

Anna Giaritelli · April 11, 2017 8:31 pm