A rally to promote a proposal for the state to require insurance companies to cover autism treatments will be from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at T.R. Hughes Ballpark in O’Fallon, Mo.

Former major league baseball stars Lou Brock of the…

JEFFERSON CITY — House Republican leaders, who promised to come up with a bill improving treatment for autism, have finally scheduled a meeting of the committee set up to study the problem.

A public hearing is set for noon Tuesday in…

ST. LOUIS — Darryl Strawberry — yes, that Darryl Strawberry — was downtown today, headlining a press conference to help an effort in Jefferson City to expand health insurance coverage for autism.

The former New York Met slugger…

COLUMBIA — A month ago, Gov. Jay Nixon said he would use all the power of the governor’s office to pass mandatory autism insurance coverage legislation when the General Assembly reconvenes in January.

Today he took his bully pulpit on the road,…

JEFFERSON CITY — Make no mistake: There will be a battle over an autism insurance mandate bill again next legislative session.

Gov. Jay Nixon made that clear this morning (see live Twitter feed here) at an otherwise uneventful bill signing ceremony in…

JEFFERSON CITY — Moving with surprising speed on a long-controversial measure, the Senate gave first-round approval this afternoon to a bill requiring insurers to cover therapy for autistic children.

The vote came after sponsor Scott Rupp, R-Wentzville, scaled back the bill to…

When the House debated the tax credit/school voucher bill last week during a late night session, the House chambers were full of emotion as supporters of the bill — which in this year’s version would aim to help autistic children…