Events & Registration
July 3, 2008
Current Legislative Issues
MASW's State of the State Report 
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Video Transcript & Read MASW’s Response to Governor’s State of the State
Hopes of a New Year with Injustices Righted, Lewis Diuguid, Kansas City Star
May 30, 2008 Legislative Update (2008-05-30)
Topics: Legislative Service Award: Rep. Chappelle-Nadal, MASW St. Louis Chapter Annual Dinner; Health Foundation Head Addresses Governor’s Demands; and Molloy Center Dedicated
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May 2, 2008 Legislative Update (2008-05-02)
Topics: Medicaid Cuts a Big Joke to Some Legislators; Insure Missouri No More; Senator Justus Gives Keynote Address; Senator Scott Speaks Out; House Hearing on Anti-Immigrant Bill; and Help Save Affirmative Action! See
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April 25, 2008 Legislative Update (2008-04-25)
Topics: Minimum Wage Victory Preserved; Anti-Immigrant Committee Hearings; and Senator Scott Speaks Out See
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April 18, 2008 Legislative Update (2008-04-18)
Topics: MHDC Program Helps Middlemen, Not Low-Income People State Audit Finds; House Version of Food Stamp Bill Voted “Do Pass”; Senate Refuses to Fund Probation & Parole Workers’ Back Pay; Get Out & Stay Out!; Senate Sends MRDD Safeguards Bill to House; and Senate Rejects Health Fund Increases for 2009 Budget See
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April 10, 2008 Legislative Update (2008-04-10)
Topics: Anti-Tax Proposal Unmasked – Then Passed; Where Are Our American Ideals; Despair Not – House Passes Good Bill on Circuit Breaker; and Hearing on House Version of Food Stamp Bill See
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April 4, 2008 Legislative Update (2008-04-04)
Topics: Nine Senators Do the Right Thing; Seven Senators Do the Right Thing; 2-for-1: Amendment is Anti-Tax & Anti-Judge; Earned Income Tax Credit Bill Introduced; Moratoium Bill Heard; and "Insure Missouri" Bill Heard See
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March 27, 2008 Legislative Update (2008-03-28)
Topics: Change Insure Missouri Proposal: Unacceptable; Small Victory on Medicaid in 2009 Budget; Effort on Intervention Fees Fall Short; Moratorium Scheduled for Hearing; Day Care Subsidy Increases Fails on Tie Vote; and Blame-the-Immigrants Bill Voted "Do Pass" See
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March 17, 2008 Legislative Update (2008-03-17)
Topics: Several Legislators Denounce Anti-Immigrant Hysteria; Task Force Chair Sets the Record Straight; and "Blame the Judge" Measure Held Until After Break See
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March 7, 2008 Legislative Update (2008-03-07)
Topics: Senate Debate Distorts Food Stamp Bill; Food Stamp Supplement for Seniors; Death Penalty Moratorium Bill Advances; Anti-Immigration Bills Favor Big Government; Insure Missouri Program in New Senate Bill; and Student Advocacy Day See
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February 29, 2008 Legislative Update (2008-02-29)
Topics: Senate Passes Property Tax Bill; TABOR Back, Still Bad; Student Advocacy Day-March 4; HB 1463--Spoke Too Soon; and Hearing Held on Long-Term Incarceration Review Bill See
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February 22, 2008 Legislative Update (2008-02-22)
Topics: Enhanced Subsidy for Child Care Advances; Governor's Committee to End Homelessness; Bad Ideas Voted "Do Pass"; Hearing Scheduled for Long-Term Incarceration Review Bill; You Scream, I Scream See
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February 15, 2008 Legislative Update (2008-02-15)
Topics: Rep Oxford Files Progressive Income Tax Reform Bill; Property Tax Revision Bill Advances; Insure Missouri Emergency Rule; Health Legislation; Utility Assitance Signed by Governor; Homeless Veterans Focus on MASW Chapter Forums; Food Stamp Bill Voted "DO PASS"; Bill on Immigration Status & College Enrollment; and Death Penalty Moratorium See
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January 25, 2008 Legislative Update (2008-01-25)
Topics: Blunts Announcement; Legislators Stand Up for Human Rights; Also Unchanged: Legislative Assault on the Common Good; and Blunt Health Plan See
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January 17, 2008 Legislative Update (2008-01-17)
Topics: Starting the New Year; State of the State; and Governor Blunt Addresses Some, Not All, Priorities See
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