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Senate Flameout Overshadows End To Productive Missouri Legislative Session


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Missouri lawmakers toss paper into the air to commemorate the end of the 2021 legislative session.
The last day of the Missouri General Assembly’s legislative session ended with a thud when the Senate adjourned without approving a must-pass bill that helps fund the state’s Medicaid system.
It was an anticlimatic end to a legislative session that failed to fund voter-approved Medicaid expansion but featured passage of long-sought legislation that could have a big impact on the state’s roads, police, children and opioid abuse issues.
When lawmakers returned to session on Friday morning, the biggest unfinished item was the passage of the Federal Reimbursement Allowance a tax on medical providers like hospitals that helps pay for the state’s Medicaid program. Typically, the so-called FRA passes without much opposition. But some senators wanted to attach items to it that would bar Medicaid from paying for certain contraceptiv ....

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Missouri Senate Passes Wide-Ranging Law Enforcement And Criminal Justice Bill | KCUR 89.3 - NPR in Kansas City. Local news, entertainment and podcasts.


Members of a conference committee speak on May 12, 2021, about a law enforcement bill. The legislation, which includes a ban on police chokeholds and use of force database, passed the Senate with minimal opposition.
The bill would ban police from using chokeholds and would establish a use of force database for departments. It also eliminates the residency requirement for the Kansas City Police Department.
The Missouri Senate approved wide-ranging law enforcement changes on Wednesday.
It’s a bill that includes a host of ideas that have been pushed since Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, as well as the removal of the residency requirement for the Kansas City Police Department. ....

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