Mary Ann McGivern – yes, the same Mary Ann McGivern you listened to on NPR/KWMU in the wee hours of the morning for many years as you woke and dressed for work – spoke at the monthly WCD meeting, January Read More …
Category: Issues
Community Issues
An open letter to members of the Missouri Labor Movement
This article is republished from the Labor Tribune, dated January 2, 2017 The good, the bad and the ugly of 2016 By MICHAEL LOUIS President, Missouri AFL-CIO As so many people do, I have spent the last week reflecting on Read More …
Republicans have made repealing and replacing president’s signature health law top priority, which he says is ‘going to be really hard to meet’ in Vox interview
Uh-Oh: Missouri December Revenue Falls Way Short Of Budget Target
You didn’t spend enough on Christmas presents. The state released the tax revenue numbers for December. While the total state revenue crept up about 2.2%, that was substantially less than the roughly 5% growth needed to fund the current Fiscal Read More …
Only MO HealthNet Defies Trend: Nov 2016 Report Shows Continued Erosion of Benefit Programs
Well, in Washington many of the majority party are talking of turning Food Stamps and Medicaid into block grants – as happened to Temporary Assistance a few years back. The claim is that block grants offers states flexibility do Read More …
Moving Past the Holidays
The morning before Christmas Eve I received an e-mail subjected, Spend Christmas With Your True Family. It came, of course, from a bar. This morning I awoke to hear the trash truck leaving my subdivision, normally not an issue except Read More …