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Members of the House Special Interim Committee on Property Tax Reform, chaired by state Rep. Tim Taylor, fifth from right, listen to testimony at a hearing Wednesday in Macon. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) MACON — Separate tax rates for the four classes of taxed property would protect homeowners from large tax increases during reassessment, Chariton County…
Earmarked spending slows but does not stop as Missouri budget faces fiscal crunch
State Sen. Brian Williams, a Democrat from University City, questioned a dozen new earmarks added to the state budget without being voted on in the Senate Appropriations Committee. He is shown in a 2021 photo (photo courtesy of Missouri Senate Communications). When the Missouri Senate debated the state operating budget last month, state Sen. Brian…
AI vs. AI: Patients deploy bots to battle health insurers that deny care
As states continue to curb health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence, patients and doctors are arming themselves with AI tools to fight claims denials, prior authorizations and soaring medical bills. (Photo by Anna Claire Vollers/Stateline) As states strive to curb health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence, patients and doctors are arming themselves with AI tools…
Bill banning race-based hair discrimination in education awaits Missouri governor’s decision
Sen. Barbara Washington, a Democrat from Kansas City, sits at her desk on the Missouri Senate floor. Washington has sponsored a bill banning hair discrimination for years in the Missouri State Legislature (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Missouri could soon join 27 states with laws protecting natural hair textures, though the anti-discrimination provisions only apply to educational…
Archbishop’s call helps sink oversight changes to Missouri private school voucher program
Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski of the Archdiocese of St. Louis called House Fiscal Review chairman Jim Murphy, a Republican from St. Louis County, Friday morning in a request to kill an education bill that would change oversight of MOScholars. In March, Rozanski spoke in a press conference in favor of Murphy’s legislation seeking to end the…
Nurses say staff shortage at Missouri prison means skipped medication, long waits for care
Photo illustration by Marci Suela/The Marshall Project. Source images: Katie Moore/The Marshall Project; Getty Images; Circuit Court of Cole County; and U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. When Steven Caldwell-Bey wasn’t able to get a regular refill for his blood thinners, he began taking one pill a day instead of two to…