MO: Budget Policy & Priorities
MO gears up for participation in kids' summer food program
Missouri is planning ahead to make sure kids from lower-income families have enough to eat this summer. The state has opted into a federal food …
New funding a boost for community health centers
Community health centers in Missouri and across the nation are getting a boost in funding thanks to Congress' passage of a bipartisan spending package…
Report: Older foundations, regardless of intent, may have racist beginnings
A recent report details how great wealth that later made philanthropy possible around the country but most evidently in the District of Columbia…
MO schools and health advocates promote cardiac emergency response plans
Missouri Senate Bills 1032 and 1081 would require public schools to develop and implement cardiac emergency response plans and advocates are stressing…
Calls for increased rural Postal Service staffing grow louder
Across the country and especially in rural parts of Missouri, U.S. Postal Service staffing shortages are being blamed by some for delays in mail …
Missouri's taxes require more from low and middle-income families
New data show Missouri has the 35th most regressive state and local tax system in the country. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found …
Did Parson's abortion stance prompt historic family, education funding?
State legislators applauded Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's State of the State address last week - although for very different reasons. The governor's …
Child care tax credits gain momentum in MO
While Missouri's legislative session has just begun, child-care tax credits are at top of mind with a bipartisan House bill. HB 1488 takes a three-…
Where's the money for rural Missouri education?
Nearly half of Missouri's public schools are in rural areas, and they serve more than one in five of the Show-Me State's students. But Missouri …
Livestock manure makes 'big stink' for MO family farmers
Congress passed a one-year extension of the current Farm Bill, which means the debate over a new bill will continue well into 2024. Advocacy groups …
Report: Farm Credit System needs an update
A new report calls for greater accountability in the system that provides funding to farmers in underserved communities. The research takes a dive …
MO family farmers: Inflation Reduction Act funds not for factory farms
Advocates for Missouri's small family farms have taken to the U.S. Capitol today, to talk with lawmakers about what could be done in the next Farm …