Weekly Perspective Archives - Page 11 of 29

Getting Ahead Shouldn’t Have a Catch – Let’s Fix the Benefits Cliff

Getting a raise or landing a better paying job sounds like great news, especially if your income is low enough that you need additional support…

To Prioritize the Health of Missouri Families, We Must Extend Postpartum Medicaid

A bipartisan group of Missouri lawmakers have proposed evidence-based policy that will help close to half of Missouri’s growing families. They seek to extend postpartum…

The Restaurant Meals Program Would Make Healthy Meals Accessible to More SNAP Participants

Food Insecurity in the U.S. and Here at Home in Missouri More than 34 million people experience food insecurity in the United States. That includes…

A Clean Slate Will Offer Thousands of Missourians Better Access to Safe, Affordable Housing

Among Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs are the lowest and arguably most important necessities humans require to exist; physiological needs. These include basic essentials such as…

It’s Time for Missouri to Join the Majority of Other States and End the Food Sales Tax

The pandemic and its impact on our economy hit all of us hard, and illuminated the struggles low-wage workers face in ways that we had…

State Legislators Want to Put the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Under State Control– But Why?

When pre-filing for the 2023 Legislative Session opened in December, I braced myself for bills that are filed every year, that we fight every year,…

Treating our Children as Adults is Not Justice – We Must Raise the Age in Missouri

The Missouri legislature is seeking to pass some significant changes to our criminal justice system this session. In the months ahead, you are likely to…

Restricting Democracy is Never the Answer

The initiative petition process is a right we share enshrined in Missouri’s constitution, Article III, Section 49: “The people reserve power to propose and enact…

We Must Do Better for Our Teachers

Investing in Teachers = Investing in Education = Better Outcomes for us All. Decades of research tell us that increasing our investment in education leads…

Addressing the Affordable Housing Crisis with the Housing Trust Fund

Missouri has a severe affordable housing shortage. Our partners at the National Low Income Housing Coalition show 72% of very low income households in Missouri…