Medicaid expansion funding and money for the program itself are key parts of Missouri Governor Mike Parson’s proposed supplemental budget, which will be unveiled Monday morning in Jefferson City. Office of Administration (OA) officials will unveil the governor’s emergency supplemental budget request during an 11 am hearing at the Statehouse. House Budget Committee Chairman Cody …
(AUDIO): Missouri House Speaker Pro Tem Wiemann (R-O’Fallon) joins “Wake Up Columbia”
Missouri House Speaker Pro Tem John Wiemann (R-O’Fallon) joined “Wake Up Columbia” live this morning, before the governor’s prayer breakfast at Jefferson City’s Capitol Plaza Hotel. Pro Tem Wiemann says the Legislature will have to address funding for Medicaid expansion, saying the state is currently using other funds to pay for it. He also predicts …
Tacos 4 Life proposal heads to Columbia’s city council for Monday vote
A proposal to build a new Tacos 4 Life restaurant on heavily-traveled East Green Meadows will be voted on Monday night by Columbia’s city council. The planning and zoning commission has approved the restaurant’s plan to build a new 4,200 square feet restaurant, which would include a drive-through, a covered patio seating area and four …
(AUDIO): State Rep. Nick Schroer discusses President Biden’s vaccine mandate, on the Mike Ferguson Show
State Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O’Fallon) wants Missouri’s governor to call a special session regarding President Biden’s vaccine mandate. Schroer says if Governor Parson doesn’t call one, the Legislature should call themselves into a special session. That’s difficult to do, and Schroer admits he would need support from Democratic lawmakers to do it. Representative Schroer, a …