With significant infrastructure needs and extraordinarily low borrowing costs, it may be time for MIssouri to consider new bonding proposals.  However, to protect ongoing investments including education, public safety, and social services, lawmakers should also approve a new Read More

Although the state is bringing in more money lately for schools, roads, and other services, it remains far from recovering lost ground. It will take 15 more years to return to the level of purchasing power the state had before the recession. To learn more about the status of Read More

A Missouri Medicaid expansion would reduce the state’s uninsured by more than one-fourth, bringing an estimated $1.56 billion in new health care funding to the state and providing coverage for roughly 267,000 Missourians. The expansion would have the most dramatic impact in Read More

A Missouri Medicaid expansion would reduce the state’s uninsured by more than one-fourth, bringing an estimated $1.56 billion in new health care funding to the state and providing coverage for roughly 267,000 Missourians. The expansion would have the most dramatic impact in Read More

Medicaid expansion would reduce the state’s uninsured by more than one-fourth, bringing an estimated $1.56 billion in new health care funding and providing coverage for more than 267,000 Missourians.  The expansion would have the most dramatic impact in rural Missouri, Read More

The gap between the incomes of Missouri’s richest households and middle-income households had the 7th largest increase in the nation,according to a new report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute. Growing income inequality in Read More

The gap between the incomes of Missouri’s richest households and middle-income households had the 7th largest increase in the nation,according to a new report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute. Growing income inequality in Read More

The gap between the incomes of Missouri’s richest households and middle-income households had the 7th largest increase in the nation,according to a new report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute. Growing income inequality in Read More

Missouri’s investment in public services has eroded as multiple years of revenue declines have resulted in significant cuts to core services, particularly in education and health care. Historical data indicates that Missouri’s state general revenue spending, as a Read More

Missouri general revenue collections for fiscal year 2013 grew by 2.8 percent in August. However, corporate income and individual income tax have had slight declines compared to the previous year. Missouri revenue remains well below the level achieved prior to the recession. Read Read More