If we were having coffee, I would talk with you about leadership. Last week, I went to an amazing conference on leadership for government officials. Along with 20 other leaders from the Legislative and Executive branches in the South, I attended...
Read moreRead moreIf we were having coffee, I would talk with you about Medicaid expansion. I don’t normally talk about Medicaid expansion. There are current issues with Medicaid and I have been concerned that these would be expanded with Medicaid expansion...
Read moreRead moreIf we were having coffee, I would talk with you about our Special and Veto sessions last week. The Legislature met last week, as scheduled, for veto session, to discuss the six bills Gov. Parson vetoed last spring. While we discussed the bills...
Read moreRead moreIf we were having coffee, I would make sure to load up on caffeine before I head to Jefferson City today! On Tuesday, we have committee meetings. Both the Ways and Means committee and the Rules — Legislative Oversight committee will be...
Read moreRead moreIf we were having coffee, I would talk with you about what is and is not an emergency in Missouri. I consider a single child being killed by gun violence an emergency. Unfortunately, over the past several months, we have seen 13 deaths in St...
Read moreRead moreIf we were having coffee, I would talk with you about what we are doing to our country. Hateful rhetoric comes from our nation’s leaders and creates an us-vs-them mentality. I am now hearing that Mexico is going to sue under international...
Read moreRead moreIf we were having coffee, I would talk with you again about drops in Medicaid coverage. I feel like a broken record talking about this, but I will keep working to bring light to the problems this causes until we get some changes. Early in 2018...
Read moreRead moreI hope you had a wonderful Father’s day! I am so thankful for the fathers in my life who make and have made my life much richer. If we were having coffee, I would talk with you about early childhood. I am preparing to go to an early...
Read moreRead moreIf we were having coffee, I would talk with you about the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services using administrative decisions to circumvent the rules. No, this isn’t about DHSS digging into women’s health records at...
Read moreRead moreI hope you had a good Memorial Day holiday. If we were having coffee, I would talk with you about the women I talked with tonight at the Jefferson Township Democratic Club meeting. Several grey-haired women came up to me after the meeting...
Read moreRead moreIf we were having coffee, I would talk with you about the successful 2019 session. For many it does not feel like a success right now, so I want to share a few things that I was involved in that were accomplished: HB 447, which (among other...
Read moreRead moreIf we were having coffee, I would talk with you about foster kids. Yesterday was Mother’s Day, and foster kids, generally, don’t get to spend that special day with their moms. My first year here, I was asked to advocate in the budget...
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