Medicaid expansion

Gov. Mike Parson cited a lack of funding for stopping expansion.

Democratic Sen. Lauren Arthur of Kansas City talks about how her colleagues plan to make an impact during the last week of the 2021 legislative session.

Sen. Paul Wieland discusses the legislature's decision not to fund Medicaid, and whether there's cracks in the General Assembly's relationship with Gov. Mike Parson.

Missouri lawmakers have made moves to undo voter-approved initiatives — and make it harder for constitutional amendments to be enacted. But efforts to curb the initiative petition process are getting bipartisan pushback.

How the courts act could depend on what Gov. Mike Parson's administration does over the next few months.

Wednesday night’s vote sets up a likely court battle over the public health insurance program.

The current version of the state budget does not include funding for the voter-approved Medicaid expansion.

The Sullivan Republican talked about the fate of Medicaid expansion funding — and when lawmakers will likely tackle congressional redistricting.

To state Rep. Peter Merideth, D-St. Louis, the GOP arguments in recent days against funding the expansion of Medicaid haven’t made much sense. Merideth, the ranking minority member of the House Budget Committee, joined Friday's "St. Louis on the Air" to share his sense of recent developments and where this budget battle may be headed next.

The Carthage Republican explains why the GOP-controlled House didn't expand Medicaid this week.