/tags/welfare Welfare en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍřĚěĚĂ Tue, 05 May 2015 22:13:51 GMT /government-politics-issues/2015-05-05/nixon-vetoes-bill-limiting-unemployment-benefits 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… Tue, 05 May 2015 22:13:51 GMT /government-politics-issues/2015-05-05/nixon-vetoes-bill-limiting-unemployment-benefits Ray Howze /government-politics-issues/2013-06-13/mo-house-interim-committee-will-examine-dept-of-social-services-other-state-agencies Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones (R, Eureka) has created another interim committee, this time to examine how well state agencies respond to citizens who… Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:28:15 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-06-13/mo-house-interim-committee-will-examine-dept-of-social-services-other-state-agencies Marshall Griffin /government-politics-issues/2013-04-24/mo-dept-of-social-services-to-scale-back-on-welfare-contract The Missouri Department of Social Services has announced it will scale back on its participation in a contract to move welfare recipients onto federal… Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:17:53 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-04-24/mo-dept-of-social-services-to-scale-back-on-welfare-contract Marshall Griffin /government-politics-issues/2013-04-22/mo-house-committee-hears-testimony-on-state-welfare-contract A Missouri House committee heard testimony Monday on efforts to shift state welfare recipients onto federal disability. The Department of Social Services… Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:29:13 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-04-22/mo-house-committee-hears-testimony-on-state-welfare-contract Marshall Griffin /government-politics-issues/2013-03-19/mo-auditor-questions-welfare-expenses-in-audit 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… Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:40:13 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-03-19/mo-auditor-questions-welfare-expenses-in-audit Maria Altman /2011-07-13/morning-headlines-wednesday-july-13-2011 Nixon signs human trafficking billPeople convicted of human trafficking in Missouri will face longer maximum sentences under a bill signed by Gov. Jay… Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:27:54 GMT /2011-07-13/morning-headlines-wednesday-july-13-2011 /government-politics-issues/2011-05-10/general-assembly-approves-bill-mandating-drug-testing-for-welfare-recipients 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… Tue, 10 May 2011 23:45:47 GMT /government-politics-issues/2011-05-10/general-assembly-approves-bill-mandating-drug-testing-for-welfare-recipients Jo Mannies /politics-issues/2011-05-10/mo-house-passes-welfare-drug-testing-legislation The Missouri House has given final passage to legislation that would require some Missourians on public assistance to undergo drug testing.Under the bill,… Tue, 10 May 2011 17:32:00 GMT /politics-issues/2011-05-10/mo-house-passes-welfare-drug-testing-legislation Marshall Griffin /government-politics-issues/2011-03-07/disappointed-but-never-disenchanted-an-interview-with-policylinks-angela-glover-blackwell This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 7, 2011 - Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and chief executive officer of the national research… Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:56:31 GMT /government-politics-issues/2011-03-07/disappointed-but-never-disenchanted-an-interview-with-policylinks-angela-glover-blackwell Sylvester Brown Jr. /economy-business/2011-02-23/before-the-social-safety-net-the-unemployed-took-to-the-streets 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… Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:00:49 GMT /economy-business/2011-02-23/before-the-social-safety-net-the-unemployed-took-to-the-streets Mary Delach Leonard