Quick facts from the Missouri Department of Social Services Monthly Management Report for January 2018 [ https://dss.mo.gov/re/pdf/fsd_mhdmr/1801-family-support-mohealthnet-report.pdf ] … ◊ For the first time since the George W. Bush administration, Missouri issued less than$90 million in food stamps in January Read More …
Category: State and Local Issues
Keep On Truckin’
Jesus died on the cross so that a trucker going 61 miles per hour could pass a trucker going 60 mph on an interstate highway with a 70 mph speed limit. I learned this yesterday long following a semi-truck northbound Read More …
FOCUS 2018: New Missouri Voter Photo ID Law and Your Rights Within It
Missouri’s discriminatory photo voter id law will stifle voter participation in 2018. Come learn about it to help your family, friends, faith organizations and social/community groups understand it. Please pass the word! West County Democrats 2018: New Missouri Voter Photo Read More …
Must Work For Food
The badge said “Trainee,” explaining tentative pokes at the touchscreen and the eagerness to give me change for a $20 instead of my $5. (Don’t worry: I pointed out the error.) Friday’s Kansas City Star editorial notes that “The GOP Read More …
Rules Matter
Just to the right of the Receptionist at my charity sat a red folder, the Public File. It included Annual Reports, copies of audits and basic hand-outs. Why? IRS requires that every 501 ( c ) 3 organization must immediately Read More …
Forced Responsibility
Last Friday I attended a Jefferson City meeting on Medicaid (officially: MO HealthNet). Each month senior staff from the Department of Social Services join a crowd of us to discuss issues with the system. Medicaid covers one of every six Read More …