6/8/24: KY3: Community Partnership of the Ozarks hosting event for renters in Springfield
6/4/24: STLPR: Missouri and Kansas families will get summer food benefits for their kids — eventually
5/14/24: KRCG 13: Missouri judge rules Department of Social Services violated federal law in SNAP case
5/9/24: Missouri Independent: Federal court rules Missourians were illegally denied food aid by the state
5/7/24: Kansas City Beacon: The Missouri legislature is cutting local governments’ power to pass their own laws
4/30/24: St. Louis Jewish Light: Unlocking Futures: Why Missouri’s Clean Slate initiative offers hope
4/25/24: NLIHC: 15-1 NLIHC’s Collective 2023-2024 Update
4/22/24: ABC17 News: City of Columbia set to clear homeless camp Monday
4/17/24: Riverfront Times: City’s FY 2025 Budget Would Cut Jail Funds, Increase Juvenile Detention Center
4/16/17: St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Letter: It’s crucial that the legislature pass ‘Clean Slate’ reforms
4/12/24: The Examiner: Bob Buckley: Missouri offers a path to expunge criminal records
4/10/24: KRCG 13: Missouri SB 763 proposed to ease costly expungement for non-violent offenders
4/5/24: Americans For Tax Reform: Missouri Closing in on Boosting Workforce, Public Safety with Clean Slate Legislation
4/4/24: STL Today: Opinion: I’m a Missouri business owner. I support a “Clean Slate.”
4/1/24: KMOV4: Missouri to push for Clean Slate Bill
3/28/24: KY3: Missouri lawmakers discuss “Clean Slate” bill, making it easier for wiping clean criminal records
3/28/24: KFVS12: Mo. lawmakers discuss ‘clean slate’ policy
3/25/24: Fox2Now: Senators hope to change state law allowing for automatic expungement
3/21/24: FirstAlert4: Expungement bills look to seal minor convictions for hundreds of thousands of Missourians
3/14/24: St. Louis Public Radio: Thousands of Missourians could have criminal records sealed under Clean Slate Initiative
3/13/24: The Kansas City Star: She wrote a bad check 15 years ago. It’s been hard to work, rent in Missouri ever since
3/12/24: Columbia Missourian: Clean slate bill gives the opportunity to expunge felony records
2/16/24: The Examiner: Independence Chamber of Commerce: Missouri’s employers need a Clean Slate
2/5/2024: St. Louis Post Dispatch: Why an ambitious GOP plan to get Missourians off public benefits has stalled
1/3/2024: The Joplin Globe: Our view: Good start toward feeding hungry kids
1/3/2024: ABC17: Missouri takes first step toward implementing Summer EBT food program
1/2/2024: Missouri Independent: Missouri opts into summer EBT federal food benefits program
1/1//2024: KFVS12: Missouri opts-in to federal Summer EBT program before deadline
12/20/2023: Missouri Independent: Deadline approaching for Missouri to opt in to federal summer food program
12/19/2023: The Kansas City Star: Missouri Supreme Court strikes down law banning homeless from sleeping on state land
12/14/2023 STL American: Shooting spree puts spotlight on teen gun violence
11/10/2023 Columbia Missourian: Noncompliance on federal fair housing costs Missouri $500,000 annually
11/08/2023 STLPR: Missouri landlords took millions in federal pandemic aid. Now they’re kicking tenants out
10/02/2023 National Low Income Housing Coalition: St. Louis enacts right to counsel, becomes second city in Missouri to pass RTC Ordinance
9/21/2023 Springfield Daily Citizen: Gathering Tree’s suit challenging ban on camping on state land to be heard by Missouri Supreme Court next week
9/10/2023 ABC17News: Affordable housing project in Columbia offers tiny homes
9/2/2023 KWTO: The Elijah Haahr Show
8/31/2023 KBIA News: ‘It’s discouraging’: After incarceration, many face barriers finding employment
8/10/2023 Missouri Independent: Governor’s veto shows why we can’t settle for piecemeal changes to Missouri expungement process
7/25/2023 US News: Editorial Roundup: Missouri
7/25/2023 STLPR: Advocates tout ‘transition benefits’ to prevent Missourians from falling out of social safety net
7/19/2023 The Kansas City Star: 40 other states got it together to feed hungry kids this summer. Why didn’t Missouri?
7/19/2023 Daily Kos: Missouri budget surplus is $8 billion but can’t afford a program that benefits low income children.
7/14/2023 Missouri Independent: Missouri has decided to turn down millions in federal food aid for low-income children
7/11/2023 STLPR: Proponents of restitution reform hope governor’s veto doesn’t set precedent
7/9/2023 News Tribune: Rent, mortgage expenses out of reach for many, data shows
7/3/2023 Northeast News: Indian Mound resident receives recognition
6/27/2023 News Tribune: Task force strives to define Jefferson City’s housing crisis
6/25/2023 St. Louis Jewish Light: How Rabbi Robert P. Jacobs is still helping fulfill Mitzvah of Tzedakah
6/7/2023 STLPR: Legal pot meant a second chance for thousands in Illinois — did the state keep its promise?
5/16/2023 St. Louis Jewish Light: How to understand what Missouri lawmakers did regarding trans children and their families
5/8/2023 St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: Your Letters: A chance at redemption
4/26/2023 News Tribune: Missouri House committee approves food assistance restriction
4/19/2023 New Tribune: Missouri Senate panel hears plans to increase school lunch, child care funds
4/11/2023 The Missouri Times: 150 Missouri Organizations Oppose DEI Budget Language
3/24/2023 Missouri Independent: What state control could mean for the St. Louis Police Department
3/23/2023 KTTN: Missouri’s “Clean Slate” Bill would make “Expungement” automatic
3/16/2023 Missouri Independent: Proposals to eliminate Missouri sales tax on groceries in limbo
3/3/2023 Missouri Independent: Federal Lawsuit over Missouri’s ‘dysfunctional’ SNAP call center adds two new plaintiffs
3/2/2023 Missouri Independent: Missouri Senate weighs allowing Food Stamp recipients to use benefits at restaurants
3/2/2023 Kansas City Star: ‘Nowhere’ for homeless people to go: MO banned outdoor sleeping, KS may follow suit
3/1/2023 Columbia Missourian: Effort returns to allow some SNAP participants to buy restaurant meals
2/23/2023 Missouri Independent: Missouri Senate advances bill to prevent loss of public benefits over small pay bump
2/6/2023 KOMU8: Bill banning eviction moratoriums passes in Missouri House Small Businesses Committee
2/6/2023 Saint Louis Post Dispatch: In search of cheaper groceries, Missouri lawmakers debate cutting state food tax
2/2/2023 News Tribune: House bill would limit the cost of phone calls for Missouri inmates
2/1/2023 News Tribune: Missouri House panel debates eviction bill
1/30/2023 KOMU8: Missouri Lawmakers discuss bill that would ban eviction moratoriums
1/24/2023 KRMS Radio: Affordable Housing could be fixed by increasing funding to Housing Trust Fund
1/24/2023 KRMS Radio: Bill could alleviate affordable housing crisis
1/23/2023 The Moberly Monitor Index: Bill proposes to hold the line on personal property tax increases
1/19/2023 NewsNationNow: Advocates speak out against new Missouri homelessness law
1/17/2023 Missouri Independent: Advocates, providers scramble as Missouri’s new homelessness law goes into affect
1/17/2023 Columbia Missourian: Bill proposed to hold the line on personal property tax increases
1/6/2023 The Mirror UK: ‘Concerning’ law passed which will see homeless charged £630 to sleep in parks
1/5/2023 The Guardian: Alarm as US states pass ‘very concerning’ anti-homeless laws
1/4/2023 KY3: New Missouri law banning homeless from camping on state-owned property still causing confusion, questions
1/2/2023 ABC17: Wage advocates say new Missouri minimum still not enough
12/26/2022 Kansas City Beacon: Clean-slate laws could bring sweeping criminal expungements to Missouri
12/10/2022 Missouri Times: Trent and Christofanelli launch Clean Slate Campaign to expunge records
12/9/2022 Missouri Independent: Missouri Republicans file bills to automate expungements for non-violent offenses
12/8/2022 KOMU: Lawmaker proposes free meals for all Missouri students
12/7/2022 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A free lunch? Missouri Republican wants free meals for every public school student
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