Across the U.S., physicians who treat patients with Medicare are being forced to do more with less. Congress has allowed this situation to worsen to the point where I worry some Missouri patients, especially those in rural communities, will begin to lose access to a physician’s care.
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Protecting Missourians’ personal privacy and First Amendment rights is not a new priority; however, we don’t often see a state agency using those protections as a shield against our state’s Sunshine laws.
For nearly 80 years, Saudi Arabia and the United States have maintained and strengthened what is today a mutually beneficial partnership between our two great nations.
You may be shocked to learn that Missouri imposes a 4.225% sales tax on diapers and feminine hygiene products.
The increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters, like the floods we’ve been experiencing recently in the St. Louis area, has cost upwards of $100 billion per year in the last decade.
At an average of just over 2 percent of the purchase price, the credit card industry claims the “swipe” fees charged to merchants to process transactions are small. But that 2 cents on every dollar adds up quickly – swipe fees cost merchants nearly $138 billion last year.
The Governor is right about the need for relief, but, unfortunately his approach to meeting those needs will only make matters worse for most of us.
It’s been a difficult couple of years for everyone. Between the pandemic, and now rising inflation these haven’t been the easiest of times.
Over eight weeks this summer, as participants in the Bank of America Student Leaders program, we were given the opportunity to work with nonprofit organizations in our respective cities.
Ah, another special session to promote economic development at the expense of free-market principles.