With the battle – well, more like a massacre – of worker rights coming soon to Missouri I updated my files on Median Household Income. I planned on showing, using census data, that new Right To Work states such as Read More …
Category: Issues
Community Issues
With the body poised to confirm Donald Trump as the next US president on Monday, a handful of ‘faithless electors’ explain why they’re putting up a fight
The Rest of the Story…about Medicare & Medicaid
There is a real and imminent threat to destroy Medicare and Medicaid as it presently exists. House Speaker Paul Ryan has said that he would pass legislation in early 2017 that would end Medicare’s guaranteed health care benefits. President-Elect Trump Read More …
Call Congress about repeal of the ACA!
The Missouri Budget Project has received word from their national partner that Congress and Senators are not hearing from folks in Missouri regarding the rush by Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Tell our Senators Blunt & McCaskill there Read More …
Peter & Paul Community Services & Homelessness in St. Louis
Tom Burnham, Community Relations Officer at Peter and Paul Community Services (PPCS; www.ppcsinc.org/) spoke to a gathering of West County Democrats on December 12, 2016. Tom’s talk was both a broad historical view of community services for those experiencing homelessness Read More …
The Five “Best” Proposals From The First Week Of Pre-filing 2017 Missouri Bills
The Hits Keep On Coming … Well, new and returning legislators spent the first days of December pre-filing about 400 bills and resolutions. Not counting the many proposals to implement Right To Work and curtail or kill Prevailing Wage, my top Read More …