Missouri

• Missouri Senate, House panels defeat Medicaid expansion

  By David Lieb  |  March 14, 2013

  Missouri's Republican-led Legislature dealt a triple defeat Wednesday to a Medicaid expansion plan as Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon continued to travel the state trying to rally support for an enlarged health-care program for lower-income adults.

• Missouri House endorses health care conscience measure

  By Chris Blank  |  March 12, 2013

  Missouri health care workers could refuse to participate in procedures and research that run afoul of their religious, moral or ethical beliefs under legislation given first-round approval Monday by the House.

• Missouri Senate endorses union paycheck bill

  By Jordan Shapiro  |  March 12, 2013

  After steadfast opposition from Democratic senators, the Missouri Senate gave first-round approval early Tuesday morning to a bill that would require public employee unions to seek annual consent in order to automatically deduct fees from members' paychecks.

• Tax bills for rich families approach 30-year high

  By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press  |  March 4, 2013

  With Washington gridlocked again over whether to raise their taxes, it turns out wealthy families already are paying some of their biggest federal tax bills in decades even as the rest of the population continues to pay at historically low rates.

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  First lady’s anti-obesity campaign prompts change

  By Darlene Superville, Mary Clare Jalonick  |  February 27, 2013

  Wal-Mart is putting special labels on some store-brand products to help shoppers quickly spot healthier items. Millions of schoolchildren are helping themselves to vegetables from salad bars in their lunchrooms, while kids' meals at Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants automatically come with a side of fruit or vegetables and...

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  White House details budget fallout amid blame game

  By Philip Elliott  |  February 25, 2013

  The White House has detailed the potential fallout in each state from budget cuts set to take effect at week's end, while congressional Republicans and Democrats keep up the sniping over who's to blame.

• Midwest bankers survey suggests economic growth

  By The Associated Press  |  February 21, 2013

  A survey of rural bankers in 10 Midwest and Plains states suggests slow economic growth is ahead.

• Do tax increases kill jobs?

  By Patrick Condon  |  February 13, 2013

  Dik Bolger is a lifelong Minnesota Democrat, a gray-bearded baby boomer with a braid down his back whose Minneapolis printing company's plant displays work by local artists and sculptors. He backed Mark Dayton for governor, but his take on the Democratic chief executive's plan for new business taxes could be...

• Missouri Senate backs bill to replenish disability fund

  By David A. Lieb  |  February 13, 2013

  Missouri senators endorsed a two-part plan Tuesday night to replenish an insolvent fund for disabled workers and stop people with job-related diseases from bringing big-dollar lawsuits against their employers.

• Missouri Senate committee takes up “prevailing wage”

  By Jordan Shapiro  |  February 13, 2013

  The way Missouri calculates the minimum wage for public works projects needs to change — but that's where the agreement ends for critics and supporters of Republican proposals aimed at reworking the calculating process.