Governor Mike Kehoe and the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) announced the State of Missouri has been awarded more than $216 million in funding for the first year of the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, a $50 billion initiative designed to...
Starting in 2026, Missouri will prohibit the use of food stamps to purchase some junk food items. The items to be excluded from SNAP benefits includes candy, prepared desserts, soda, beverage mixes, juices and punches that are 50% or less natural fruit or vegetable...
In a campaign designed to steal sensitive information and funds, fraudulent organizations have been impersonating the Missouri Medicaid Audit and Compliance Unit (MMAC) in emails, according to an alert from the Missouri Department of Social Services. MMAC has reported...
Governor Mike Kehoe and the Department of Social Services announced on Wednesday that the State of Missouri had submitted its Rural Health Transformation (RHT) plan to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). According to the governor’s press release,...
Governor Mike Kehoe and the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) announced that the State of Missouri has submitted a waiver request to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to alter Missouri's Supplemental...
National Right to Life has released a new report, Missed, Misclassified, and Minimized: Why Abortion Pill Complications Are Underreported, by Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., National Right to Life Director of Education and Research. The study last year found that more...
“The women and men who served our country, to defend innocent life, deserve quality health care and supportive resources, not the violence of abortion,“ said Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and Bishop Daniel...
William Lacy Clay Sr. died Wednesday morning at his daughter’s home in Virginia. Clay, who lived in Silver Spring, Maryland, was 94. Clay, Missouri’s first Black congressman, served more than three decades in the U.S. House and co-founded the Congressional Black...
As Congress continues to debate the budget reconciliation bill–dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act–this week, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), implored legislators to be consistent in protecting human life...
Each year, many Missourians suffer from heat-related illnesses, with some cases resulting in death. During prolonged periods of high temperatures, using air conditioning – either at home or by seeking shelter in a local cooling center – is the best preventive measure....