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Missouri health officials are looking to implement Engaging Patients in Care Coordination, or EPICC, across the state within a year. The program treats overdose victims at emergency rooms with buprenorphine, a medication that mimics opioids without the resulting high and helps with withdrawal symptoms.
Fifty-six members of Congress, led by Rep. Vicky Hartzler , sent a letter Thursday to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar asking him to investigate Planned Parenthood facilities that have allegedly been covering up sex abuse of minors, according to a recent undercover report by Live Action. The letter points out that Planned Parenthood is currently the largest recipient of Title X funds, although that may change if a proposed rule from the Trump administration goes into effect.
Provisions inside the delayed House farm bill would roll back restrictions on the wealthy obtaining federal farm subsidies, as well as allow extended family members to receive lucrative payments. The language has generated opposition both from fiscal conservatives who say the payments amount to welfare for wealthy people and critics who note that the same bill proposes new work requirements for participants in the federal food stamp program, SNAP.
Missouri's U.S. Senate contest could be tied to the fate of the state's Republican governor, Eric Greitens, who is facing calls to resign after a shocking report detailing an alleged nonconsensual sexual encounter with his former hairdresser. The highly competitive race, in which both parties are heavily invested in winning, could determine which side controls the upper chamber in Congress next year.
A number of representatives of the game industry met with US president Donald Trump today to discuss the issue of school safety in the wake of a school shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 dead. While it's unclear what exactly went on during the meeting, one attendee has released the first public statement out of the event.
President Trump is confirmed as the keynote speaker at the upcoming Values Voters Summit in D.C. hosted by the anti-LGBT Family Research Council, marking the first-time ever a sitting U.S. president has spoke at the annual event. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, announced late Tuesday in a statement Trump would speak on Friday at the conference, which is taking place over the weekend at the Omni Shoreham Hotel.
Yesterday, President Donald Trump kicked off his push for Republican tax reform - was it the sweeping reform, the likes of which we haven't seen since the prosperous Reagan years, that Trump touted on the campaign trail? Well, it certainly comes very close. On the campaign trail, Trump railed against the system in place, saying that his administration would simultaneously bring down the exorbitant taxes on industries and high-level employees while simultaneously closing the myriad of loopholes that currently exist in the overcomplicated US tax system; it is the combination of these two maneuvers that Trump believes would prove successful and advantageous for not only American industry but for American workers.
Those attending the ribbon cutting at the new ADS plant in Harrisonville, Missouri included ADS Chairman and CEO Joe Chlapaty, Senator Ed Emery - District 31 state senator; Adam Timmerman - U.S. Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler's District Representative; Mayor Brian Hasek - Harrisonville, MO; Obie Carl - Executive Director of the Harrisonville Chamber of Commerce; Eric Hughes - Strickland Construction; and representatives from ADS. )--Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. , the leading manufacturer of water management products and solutions for commercial, residential, infrastructure and agricultural applications, hosted a grand opening event for its new Harrisonville, Missouri manufacturing plant on Wednesday, August 9, 2017.
NAACP: The NAACP issued a "travel advisory" last week to people of color, women, LGBT, and disabled that driving thru Missouri may not be safe for them. Smoking: Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler has filed legislation to ban smoking in all developments that receive low-income housing tax credits.
Taxpayer-funded sex-change surgeries would cost the Pentagon $1.3 billion over 10 years. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that transgender individuals will not be eligible to serve in the military, with the White House citing cost and military readiness concerns.
Civil rights and legal advocacy groups vowed swift court challenges if President Trump's Twitter-declared ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military becomes Pentagon policy. "After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military," Trump tweeted yesterday.
During a radio interview with Family Research Council's Tony Perkins, Republican Vicky Hartzler stated: "We're having to deal with a threat here at home - a domestic threat - of allowing transgenders in our service." The Congresswoman has a long history of opposing LGBT+ rights, so her comment comes as no surprise.
Fresh off a committee hearing where she introduced an amendment banning transgender people from serving in the military, Rep. Vicky Hartzler called in to the anti-LGBTQ hate group the Family Research Council Thursday to discuss her concerns.
From left, state Rep. Dean Dorhman, R-La Monte, 4th District U.S. Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler, R-Harrisonville, and state Rep. Nathan Beard, R-Sedalia, pose for a photo for a constituent who attended the ice cream social hosted by the three representatives Saturday afternoon at the Pettis County Courthouse. The three candidates, who are running for re-election for their respective seats, spoke of the need for continued family values and support for veterans and the military at the event.