August 4 is a big day. It is the day which will greatly affect over 250,000 residents of MO. It is the day we can – and must – vote to expand Medicaid. It is the day we can save lives.
VOTE YES on Medicaid Expansion on August 4th
Category: State and Local Issues
That Was The Year That Was
By the end of the Fiscal Year, instead of growing by hundreds of millions of dollars the state’s General Revenue came up a net $633,836,284.17 short – 6.62% below the total raised in Fiscal Year 2019. That’s effectively better than a billion dollar gap.
Absentee Balloting 2020
Covid 19 has created challenges for polling places and health risks for the voters across the state, so the State has elected to expand mail-in voting (with a notary) to all eligible citizens in 2020. In St. Louis County, there are a few new rules and opportunities for those who will vote in August and November of this year.
Is Missouri Broke?
This is not a joke: at the close of business on June 25th – with five days left in the Fiscal Year – Missouri General Revenue was a net $654,435,999.60 below the revenue amount for the same date in 2019.
A Small Step Against A Big Problem
For Father’s Day my favorite child gave me a nice Gift Certificate to a south county meat market. Alas, the certificate bought less than I expected. For example, a three pound pack of ground chuck patties which had been $17.97 Read More …
A Few Words From The Past…
This afternoon I came across the sad story – and scary video – of the protests in Branson at Dixie Outfitters. Note that in the video the grandma type promises ‘I will teach my grandkids to hate you.’ https://www.stltoday.com/news/national/it-has-no-place-black-lives-matter-brings-protest-to-bransons-dixie-outfitters/article_9254e7ef-7862-5d82-962c-00a19467f0a7.html That Read More …