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Click here to read a news release on a report from the Missouri Budget Project that shows while the current economic recession has caused significant hardship in our state, the decline for Missouri’s working families started years ago, beginning with the economic downturn Read More

St. Louis, MO. – Business, faith and community health care leaders from across the region joined together Thursday at the Family Care Health Center in St. Louis to speak in support of federal health care reform. Click here to read more. Read More

St. Louis, MO – On Friday, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed into law a bill passed by the Missouri Legislature that will extend benefits for unemployed Missourians. An estimated 35,000 Missourians could benefit from this extension. Approximately 15,000 Missourians will Read More

St. Louis, MO – Today the Missouri Budget Project, a non-profit, non-partisan public policy analysis organization, released a report detailing the State’s use of federal recovery funds. The extensive report lists the amount of funding each state agency received, for Read More

St. Louis, MO The Missouri General Assembly  adjourned  today after a legislative session that offered legislators many opportunities to assist low income families during these difficult  times, often  at  little or no  cost  to  the  Read More