JOPLIN, Mo. A generous donation will help kickstart a Southwest Missouri rideshare program. This morning, the Arvest Foundation presented a $25,000 check to the Economic Security Corporation for its Community Action Ride System, or “CARS”. Volunteer drivers will transport residents of Barton, Jasper, Newton, and McDonald counties wherever they need to go for […]
There’s still time for lawmakers to get behind a proposal to raise Missouri’s shamefully low tobacco tax to generate revenue that could provide transportation services for the state’s senior citizens.
A program that would provide free transportation in a four-county area of Southwest Missouri is being planned by the Economic Security Corp. to launch in May.