Tag: Gov. Mike Parson

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson voiced frustration with indecision by the Kansas City Royals over its future and says the team must decide on a path forward by January if it expects the state to help.…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that he expects the state to put together an aid plan by the end of the year to try to keep the Kansas City…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — When Gov. Mike Parson departs Missouri for a 10-day trade mission to Israel and Greece next week, he’ll be traveling with his wife, a top aide and his spouse, a four-person…

State Republicans are vowing to protect Missouri’s workers — not from the deadly virus that’s on the rise here but from the vaccines that could contain it. In a stunningly retrograde move, some Republicans in…

Missourians have spoken — they want Medicaid expansion. The courts have spoken — Missouri must open Medicaid to an estimated 275,000 more of our neighbors who need help. Lawmakers, worried about the cost, have argued…

Sometimes, a little bit of gentle persuasion rather than overt coercion can move humans to do things they don’t want to do. One of the biggest challenges facing health authorities is how to motivate more…

Since the Republican majority in the Missouri legislature does not give a single tu-whit tu-whoo about what Gov. Mike Parson thinks, we can only hope that he returns the favor and forces Medicaid expansion anyway.…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The next month in the Missouri Capitol may represent one of the last gasps in the Republican fight against Obamacare. Missouri, which has Republican supermajorities in the House and Senate, has…

Gov. Mike Parson and his wife, Teresa, tested positive for the coronavirus Wednesday, cancelling all official state business and campaigning. Teresa Parson first tested for the virus on Wednesday after showing minor symptoms and learned…

Add the University of Missouri in Columbia to the list of colleges making dangerous decisions during the COVID-19 crisis. On Friday, Boone County-Columbia officials said that 44.6% of the people tested from Aug. 21 to…