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  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Madison County Wants Your Dead Birds

    If you're looking for a new hobby that's both beneficial to society and a little bit morbid, Madison County health officials have an offer you don't want to miss. Between now and October 15, they want you to be on the look out for dead birds. For science, of course.

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Judge Michael Wolff Enters Health Care Debate

    This morning's readers of The New York Times editorial pages who are interested in the current Supreme Court hearings on President Obama's health care bill might find themselves stumbling over a letter to the editor penned by one of our city's finest wordsmiths. Michael A. Wolff, who delivered many ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Springfield Asks Feds to Shut Down Larry Rice's Day Shelter

    ​Claiming to be fed up with handling complaints leveled at Larry Rice's Veteran's Coming Home Center, Springfield City Manager Greg Burris has formally requested on behalf of Springfield civic leaders that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rescind the deed to the center.The move wou ... More >>

  • News

    February 9, 2012

    Ask a Mexican: Who's the most pro-Mexican GOP candidate?

    ​Claiming to be fed up with handling complaints leveled at Larry Rice's Veteran's Coming Home Center, Springfield City Manager Greg Burris has formally requested on behalf of Springfield civic leaders that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rescind the deed to the center.The move wou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Would This Image Keep You From Smoking?

    Saint Louis County Department of Health​No? Okay. But what if you saw it 26 times in one day? Then 52 the next? And 78 times by day three -- all the way up to 130 images by day five?The Saint Louis County Department of Health's youth anti-tobacco initiative, Air-O-Dynamic, hopes the Grim Reaper im ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    State Senator Jane Cunningham Hints at Death Panels, Blocks Bill for Insurance Exchanges

    ​State Senator Jane Cunningham (R - Chesterfield) assures Daily RFT that she is not the "black helicopter type." Still, when reading House Bill 609 that would set up a health insurance exchange in Missouri, she came across language that reminded her of the "death panels" critics of federal health ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2011

    Ask a Mexican: Why do Mexicans come to this country illegally instead of legally?

    ​State Senator Jane Cunningham (R - Chesterfield) assures Daily RFT that she is not the "black helicopter type." Still, when reading House Bill 609 that would set up a health insurance exchange in Missouri, she came across language that reminded her of the "death panels" critics of federal health ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Missouri to Drug Test Welfare Recipients

    Give us your tired, your hungry, your poor; we'll drug test them!!​The third time proved to be the charm.After floating bills the previous two years (Exhibit A, Exhibit B) that would allow officials to drug test federal welfare recipients in Missouri, lawmakers in Jefferson City finally got enough ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Missouri House Votes to Allow Drug Tests for Welfare Recipients

    Official Seal of the Missouri Legislature​The Missouri House yesterday passed along a bill to the Senate that they hope will allow for the drug testing of welfare recipients. H.B. 76, sponsored by Ellen Brandom (R-Sikeston), passed the House by a whopping 121-37 vote margin and would allow any wel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Videos: New York Soda Anti-Soda Ad Grossout

    The latest weapon in New York City's ongoing war against unhealthy food and drink? Grossing the hell out of people.New ads from the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene attack sodas with very literal interpretations of their sugar and calorie contents.This first one isn't that gross, actua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Survey Sez: Missouri "Sharply Divided" on Health Care Reform

    Missouri is still divided on Obamacare.Courtesy of Minnesotamajority.org​ Almost a full year after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. health care reform, a.k.a Obamacare) into law, Missouri remains sharply divided on its merits, according to a new survey from a local ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2011

    Leaf It Alone: What can be done to stop the thievery of agave leaves?

    Missouri is still divided on Obamacare.Courtesy of Minnesotamajority.org​ Almost a full year after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. health care reform, a.k.a Obamacare) into law, Missouri remains sharply divided on its merits, according to a new survey from a local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Ed Martin Maintains Online Presence, Rhetoric

    ​Ed Martin is not going away. But really, did you think he would? After barely losing his bid for Congress, the Republican from Missouri's Third District launched a new website this week to focus on two efforts near and dear: killing the federal health care overhaul and monitoring local elections. ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2010

    Return to Sender: What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the feds got moving?

    ​Ed Martin is not going away. But really, did you think he would? After barely losing his bid for Congress, the Republican from Missouri's Third District launched a new website this week to focus on two efforts near and dear: killing the federal health care overhaul and monitoring local elections. ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Fair-y Tales: Russell Pearce and other illegal immigrant populists rely on misleading, right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinched Americans

    ​Ed Martin is not going away. But really, did you think he would? After barely losing his bid for Congress, the Republican from Missouri's Third District launched a new website this week to focus on two efforts near and dear: killing the federal health care overhaul and monitoring local elections. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Aging LGBT Folks Get Federal Boost

    ​Yesterday, the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging launched with a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It's the first group of its kind: a federally funded/administered assistance-and-advocacy support network for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans as they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Health Help From Puppets

    ​Navigating the health care system in this country is tough enough for people who grew up here. Toss in a language barrier and things can get downright hairy.So the St. Louis Christian Chinese Community Center is reaching out to recent Asian immigrants and elderly Asians through an ancient and tra ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Asylum Denied: Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

    ​Navigating the health care system in this country is tough enough for people who grew up here. Toss in a language barrier and things can get downright hairy.So the St. Louis Christian Chinese Community Center is reaching out to recent Asian immigrants and elderly Asians through an ancient and tra ... More >>

  • News

    August 11, 2010

    Seized: Inside the brutal world of America's kidnapping capital

    ​Navigating the health care system in this country is tough enough for people who grew up here. Toss in a language barrier and things can get downright hairy.So the St. Louis Christian Chinese Community Center is reaching out to recent Asian immigrants and elderly Asians through an ancient and tra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Misssourians Reject Federal Health Care Overhaul by Margin of 2-1

    Well, that settles that -- for now.​Given how Missouri Republicans and Tea Party members have railed against federal health care reform for over a year now, yesterday's results aren't all that surprising.On Tuesday those same people had a chance to finally put their ballot where their mouth is in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Obamacare Litigation Update: Missouri's Vote Today Could Actually Count

    Today, Missouri voters will weigh a measure that would reject a key provision of President Barack Obama's health care reform package -- the provision mandating that individuals either find insurance coverage, or pay a fine. Missouri votes on a referendum to stop Obama's plan today.â ... More >>

  • News

    July 7, 2010

    What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

    Today, Missouri voters will weigh a measure that would reject a key provision of President Barack Obama's health care reform package -- the provision mandating that individuals either find insurance coverage, or pay a fine. Missouri votes on a referendum to stop Obama's plan today.â ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2010

    Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

    Today, Missouri voters will weigh a measure that would reject a key provision of President Barack Obama's health care reform package -- the provision mandating that individuals either find insurance coverage, or pay a fine. Missouri votes on a referendum to stop Obama's plan today.â ... More >>

  • News

    May 19, 2010

    Ask a Mexican: Special Potpourri Edition

    Today, Missouri voters will weigh a measure that would reject a key provision of President Barack Obama's health care reform package -- the provision mandating that individuals either find insurance coverage, or pay a fine. Missouri votes on a referendum to stop Obama's plan today.â ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    St. Charles County Council Endorses Arizona's Immigration Law, Pisses Into the Wind

    Image SourceWhen you gotta go, you gotta go.​The St. Charles County Council voted 6-1 Monday night to approve a "nonbinding resolution" that endorses Arizona's harsh new immigration law and calls on the Missouri legislature to enact a similar measure.Mark Schlinkmann had the scoop yesterday aftern ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2010

    Cecilia Velazquez: Ambitious and driven, the publisher of Red Latina doesn't always play nice with others

    Image SourceWhen you gotta go, you gotta go.​The St. Charles County Council voted 6-1 Monday night to approve a "nonbinding resolution" that endorses Arizona's harsh new immigration law and calls on the Missouri legislature to enact a similar measure.Mark Schlinkmann had the scoop yesterday aftern ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    State Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal Has A Grande Problem With Mark Parkinson's Immigration Law

    Image sourceMaria Chappelle-Nadal is smiling but really she's outraged.​Last week, we reported on HB 2449 and Rep. Mark Parkinson's plan to propose a strict new immigration law in Missouri similar to the one recently enacted in Arizona. On Monday, the Republican from St. Charles explained that he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    A Q&A With State Rep. Mark Parkinson, Supporter of an Arizona-style Immigration Law for Missouri

    Image viaMark Parkinson: "95 percent of my constituents wanted me to get tough on illegal immigration"​Last week, Daily RFT reported on HB 2449, a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives that would stiffen penalties for people who "harbor" undocumented immigrants in Missouri and make ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder Plans Federal Lawsuit to Stop Health Care Reform

    ​Whoa. Just finished watching the video clip of Fox New's Greta Van Sustern interviewing Missouri Lieutenant Peter Kinder this week. And I just got to say, apart from the time the Addams Family met the Munsters on Family Feud, has a more physically unbecoming pairing ever graced a television show? ... More >>

  • News

    March 31, 2010

    Ask a Mexican! Special Minuteman Project Edition

    ​Whoa. Just finished watching the video clip of Fox New's Greta Van Sustern interviewing Missouri Lieutenant Peter Kinder this week. And I just got to say, apart from the time the Addams Family met the Munsters on Family Feud, has a more physically unbecoming pairing ever graced a television show? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Coffin Set Up on Congressman Russ Carnahan's Lawn

    Image viaCome on, you guys! It's just symbolism!​A death threat? A prank? Or an unusual expression of symbolism?Just WTF is up with the coffin that apparently appeared outside Congressman Russ Carnahan's Compton Heights home on Sunday night, in the course of the health care reform vote? Carn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Missouri Representatives "Draw A Line in the Sand" On Federal Health Care Reform

    Image Via Do not snort this line​The Missouri House of Representatives has launched a preemptive strike against Obamacare, passing legislation intended to make sure the Show-Me State is not affected by any federal health care reform efforts.Yesterday, the House approved a state constitution ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Mo. State Senators Think They're in D.C., Argue Federal Budget, Health Care Reform

    Mr. Schmitt goes to Washington, err Jefferson City.​Attention State Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale): The Missouri Capitol may look like the U.S. Capitol. (Indeed, the building in Jefferson City is modeled after the one in Washington D.C.) But let us remind you of one little thing: You're a state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Republican Senators Line Up Bills to Drug Test the Poor

    All of you on drugs, please step aside.​A slate of Republican state senators have each introduced bills that would require certain welfare recipients in Missouri to be drug tested before receiving state aid. The senators, all from rural Missouri, include:Jack Goodman, Mt. VernonGary Nodler, Joplin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Immigration Activists Can't Take Joke; Protest "Illegal Alien" Halloween Costume

    ​I subscribe to an email list-serve for immigration issues. The email thread can -- at times -- be helpful for discovering news bits on legislative concerns, law enforcement initiatives and social matters important to the foreign-born community. So when the following email showed up four time ... More >>

  • News

    September 2, 2009

    Ask a Mexican!: Latin Lovin': When's a Mexican girl supposed to get hitched?

    ​I subscribe to an email list-serve for immigration issues. The email thread can -- at times -- be helpful for discovering news bits on legislative concerns, law enforcement initiatives and social matters important to the foreign-born community. So when the following email showed up four time ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    St. Louisan Looking for Cheap Health Care Ends Up In Mexico

    toddalbert.comChina may be cheaper, but Mexico is closer...​Ahh, it's a beautiful sunny day and all is well and good in the anti-health-care heartland that is St. Louis. It seems like just yesterday that a few ass clowns were inciting a near-riot at a town hall meeting on health care and today com ... More >>

  • News

    March 25, 2009

    ¡Ask A Mexican! Lovin' Legals: The results of the Mexican's essay contest for wabs who love the legals but hate the illegals

    toddalbert.comChina may be cheaper, but Mexico is closer...​Ahh, it's a beautiful sunny day and all is well and good in the anti-health-care heartland that is St. Louis. It seems like just yesterday that a few ass clowns were inciting a near-riot at a town hall meeting on health care and today com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    More Ruckus in Valley Park, Over Dinero and Jesus

    Down in Jeff City, the confirmation of Linda Martinez as Missouri's Director of Economic Development got held up this week because of her legal wrangling against infamous illegal immigration issues in Valley Park.Meanwhile, out in Valley Park, city leaders have finally owned up to how much dinero th ... More >>

  • News

    October 1, 2008

    Catfight: Why are Mexicans catty toward the Catalans?

    Down in Jeff City, the confirmation of Linda Martinez as Missouri's Director of Economic Development got held up this week because of her legal wrangling against infamous illegal immigration issues in Valley Park.Meanwhile, out in Valley Park, city leaders have finally owned up to how much dinero th ... More >>

  • News

    July 2, 2008

    A Mexican slant: What's up with Spanish words in italics?

    Down in Jeff City, the confirmation of Linda Martinez as Missouri's Director of Economic Development got held up this week because of her legal wrangling against infamous illegal immigration issues in Valley Park.Meanwhile, out in Valley Park, city leaders have finally owned up to how much dinero th ... More >>

  • News

    March 14, 2007

    "Our families immigrated here legally and respect the laws, customs, rules and norms of this great nation.

    And we expect everyone else to do the same."

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 29, 2004

    Best Children's Theater

    Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis

  • News

    November 1, 2000

    The Two Faces of John Ashcroft

    Meet Missouri's master of deceit

  • News

    August 23, 2000

    Unhealthy Relationship

    John Ashcroft gets a shot in the arm from the pharmaceutical and insurance industries, as well as other lobbying groups opposed to a true Patients' Bill of Rights

  • News

    August 23, 2000

    Will the Real John Ashcroft Please Stand Up?

    Missouri's junior senator says he is a pro-consumer health-care reformist. But the insurance companies, HMOs and big business, which give him millions, think he's on their side.

  • News

    February 9, 2000

    State of Pain

    Fayzen Woods simply wanted to get rid of her toothache. Then she had to deal with Missouri's Medicaid mess. That's when the real suffering began.

  • News

    November 3, 1999

    WHEN PRO-LIFE MEANS MORE ABORTIONS

    Fayzen Woods simply wanted to get rid of her toothache. Then she had to deal with Missouri's Medicaid mess. That's when the real suffering began.

  • News

    February 17, 1999

    Breaking Down the Wall

    A quiet revolution is taking place as religious groups begin ministering to the poor using government money -- and succeeding where government couldn't. But eternal vigilance may be the real price.

  • News

    January 13, 1999

    Letters to the Editor

    A quiet revolution is taking place as religious groups begin ministering to the poor using government money -- and succeeding where government couldn't. But eternal vigilance may be the real price.

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