In regards to Rep Ron Richard’s letter on August 8th, another committee will not help the problem with autism. I’m tired of some politician’s answer to the autism question being to set up a committee to study it. About ten…

Having to file for disability is a monumental thing to do in a person’s life. On July of 2006 I had to do just that. I had been in the workforce for over twenty-five years and I had health care.. Being diagnosed with…

The opportunity to safeguard our state’s children from pedophiles and sex abusers in the school districts should not be a topic for debate, but rather embraced as a rock solid tenet of a civilized society.

However, SB-41 (The Amy Hestir Student…

By refusing to expand Medicaid coverage to an approximate 35,000 low income Missourians, “pro-life” Republicans in the Missouri Legislature have continued their campaign against the poor, the disenfranchised and the most vulnerable among our citizenry. They have adamantly, and in…

Missouri State Representative Allen Icet needs to take a lesson from Senator Kit Bond about bringing federal tax money home to Missouri. By April 15, we Missourians will have sent our federal taxes to Washington, and our elected officials should…

I just read that the Missouri Legislature’s Republican leadership is turning down over $150 million in federal subsidies, so that it can give Missouri taxpayer a slightly larger tax refund, this year. This doesn’t sound too crazy, until you find…

With the Missouri legislature so hotly debating the bill to criminalize coercing a woman to have an abortion, does this imply that, in a spirit of fairness, they will sponsor similar legislation to criminalize coercing a woman to carry her…

The Post’s February 25th editorial, “Lousy Service,” stated that lawmakers “reared their ugly heads” regarding tipped employees. However, even the Post admits that tipped workers are, and always have been, treated differently under minimum wage laws. The reason: tipped workers…