We hear a lot about Missouri Congressional District 2 primary races and about several of the local Missouri House races, Steidtmann in 101 and Webb in 100, for example. But we hear precious little about Missouri Senate District 26 or Read More …
Category: State and Local Issues
WCD Monthly Meeting – May 14, 2018: Q&A with Candidates
West County Democrats Monthly Meeting United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 655 300 Weidman Road, Ballwin, MO 63011 https://westcountydemocrats.org/ Monday, May 14, 2018 9:00 – Refreshments and socializing / networking 9:30 – Business meeting / announcements 10:30 –Forum: Ian Mackey Read More …
WCD Legislative Update – April 9, 2018
West County Democrats Legislative Update April 9, 2018 Federal Items: Congress managed to avoid a government shutdown and passed a trillion-dollar spending bill to operate programs till the end of the fiscal year: numerous commentators expect this to be Read More …
Missouri February Benefits Report Released
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise as Gomer Pyle used to say…just days after the belated issuance of the January 2018 Monthly Management Report from the Missouri Department of Social Services the February report got spit-out about when it should have appeared. (Of Read More …
FOCUS 2018: Republican-Sponsored Voter Suppression in Missouri Exposed
At a well-attended meeting of the West County Democrats’ FOCUS 2018 — the evening version of WCD — Nancy Price and Denise Lieberman, explained the intricacies of the Missouri Legislature’s most recent attempt to suppress voters and limit the constitutionally Read More …
Sliding, Slowly Sliding…Missouri Benefit Report For January 2018 Issued
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 …