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Mo. Lawmakers Want Drug Testing for Welfare Applicants
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Opponents of drug testing for welfare recipients say such measures could hurt low-income children and wouldn’t help addicts kick the habit. Republican lawmakers have made...
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Mo. House OKs drug tests for welfare recipients
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri House endorsed a bill Wednesday to conduct drug tests of welfare applicants if the state suspects that they are using illegal drugs. Under the bill, people who...
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Report: Missouri Ranks Near Bottom In Animal Protection
WASHINGTON D.C. (KMOX) - The Humane Society of the United States has released its third annual “Humane State Ranking”, which rates the 50 states and Washington D.C. on a wide range of animal...
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Welfare Recipients Would be Banned from Gambling Under Proposed Legislation
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (KMOX) - Those on welfare could not gamble in Missouri, under proposed legislation in Jefferson city. Republican St. Joseph Senator Rob Schaaf introduced the bill. “If they are...
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Charges Filed Against Man Who Snuck His Daughter Out of Cardinal Glennon
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – The man accused of sneaking his sick daughter out of Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital Sunday now faces criminal charges. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s office Tuesday issued...
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Opinion: It’s About Questionable Needs Of Those Who Get Government Assistance
There are good Republicans and there are bad Republicans just as there are good Democrats and there are bad Democrats. This can be said about any race of people, any nationality, any age group, any...
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Opinion: Romney’s Attacks On Obama’s Welfare ‘Reform’ Justified
The GOP’s presidential nominee-to-be Mitt Romney stormed President Barack Obama’s home state on Tuesday and did some serious damage to the President. On the one hand, he blasted Obama for the Obama...
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Opinion: Romney’s 47% Don’t Pay Taxes Remark Is 100% Controversy
As the dust settles – as it always does – regarding Mitt Romney’s now-publicly-aired comments which allege that 47% of Americans don’t pay taxes, there are a few inspiring realities that Romney and...
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University City Sen. Takes On Welfare Misuse
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (KMOX) - Will a bipartisan effort to stop the misuse of state assistance for the needy gain enough steam to make it out of committee? “I was astounded when I saw that there were...
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State Rep. Says ‘Don’t Get Sick’ Bill Would Break Poverty Cycle
JEFFERSON CITY (KMOX) - A Republican in the Missouri state Capitol said Thursday that he wants to “break the state’s poverty cycle” by requiring the children of welfare recipients across the state to...
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Mo. Bill to Curb Welfare Fraud Sent to Gov. Nixon
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri welfare recipients would be barred from spending their cash benefits at casinos, liquor stores or strip clubs under legislation sent to Gov. Jay Nixon. The House...
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Nixon Signs Bill Banning Use of Welfare Funds at Casinos, Strip Clubs
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed legislation Monday prohibiting welfare recipients from using those funds at liquor stores, casinos and strip clubs. (SB251) The newly signed...
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Missouri Senate Overrides Veto of Welfare Limits
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri senators on Monday voted to override Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill removing several thousand families from a welfare program in a move Nixon said would...
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Missouri Lawmakers Consider Welfare Verification Bill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri House committee is considering a bill that calls for a private company to scrutinize whether welfare recipients are qualified to receive benefits. Bill sponsor...
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Audit Finds Wards Stranded in Shelters, Psych Hospitals
Inspectors found one state ward remained in an emergency shelter 357 days last year, far longer than the court-ordered 30 days.
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Dierberg’s Union Accepts Contract, Shop ‘n Save Members Vote Tonight
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 who work for Dierberg’s have approved of a new 3-year contract. The vote was 520 to accept, 107 to reject. CONTRACT UPDATE:...
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Report: Missouri Program Helped No One In 5 Years
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A new report shows that withheld funding and lack of follow-through effectively killed a program aimed at allowing Missouri residents receiving child support to accept wage...
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President’s Budget Could Hurt Missouri Welfare Programs
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – A watchdog of Missouri’s budget is warning that President Trump’s spending plan would hurt Missourians and the state as a whole. The Missouri Budget Project’s Traci Gleason warns...
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