Welfare

Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed his second bill of the session on Tuesday. This bill, House Bill 150, ties unemployment benefits to the state's jobless rate and…

Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones (R, Eureka) has created another interim committee, this time to examine how well state agencies respond to citizens who…

The Missouri Department of Social Services has announced it will scale back on its participation in a contract to move welfare recipients onto federal…

A Missouri House committee heard testimony Monday on efforts to shift state welfare recipients onto federal disability. The Department of Social Services…

Updated 2:48 p.m.Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich is questioning millions of dollars of welfare payments made to low-income residents.Schweich released an…

Nixon signs human trafficking billPeople convicted of human trafficking in Missouri will face longer maximum sentences under a bill signed by Gov. Jay…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 10, 2011 - The Missouri General Assembly has sent on to Gov. Jay Nixon a bill that requires drug…

The Missouri House has given final passage to legislation that would require some Missourians on public assistance to undergo drug testing.Under the bill,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 7, 2011 - Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and chief executive officer of the national research…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 23 2011 - As the fracas between state workers and the governor continues in Wisconsin, an…