(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) JEFFERSON CITY, MO — This week, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) transferred $23,363,968 in funds generated by Missouri’s adult use marijuana program to agencies as outlined in Article XIV, Section 2, of the Missouri Constitution. This transfer was authorized by the Supplemental Budget (House Bill 14.495) for Fiscal
The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States’ financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped purchase critical vaccines for children in developing countries. The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States’ financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped purchase critical vaccines for children in developing countries, saving millions of
Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, said it plans to explore using Circle’s stablecoin and tokenized asset to develop new products, joining a roster of U.S. traditional financial giants pushing into crypto under the Trump administration. According to an agreement announced on Thursday, the two firms will look at how
In what officials say would be a financially responsible move, the city may use a portion of a $550 million payout from Chevron to settle some of its unfunded pension liabilities. An annual $50 million payment from the Chevron Richmond Refinery will flow into Richmond’s general fund for the next 10 years as part of
More Americans than ever are dipping into their retirement prematurely, and experts warn it could have serious consequences on their finances later in life. A study by Vanguard that examined data from nearly 5 million people with retirement accounts, found a record 4.8 percent of account holders took hardship withdrawals from their 401(k) accounts in
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A flurry of new exchange traded funds is widening retail access to the fast-growing markets for private credit and equity, sparking concerns that these assets are a poor fit for small-scale investors and could prove
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare could lose millions of dollars in the latest round of federal funding cuts from the Trump administration. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has canceled over $12 billion in federal grants to states to help fight infectious diseases, provide addiction treatment, mental health services and other
Supporters of LGBTQ+ rights gather in the Capitol of the 2025 Fairness Rally, March 11, 2025. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd) FRANKFORT — Gov. Andy Beshear is letting a bill that would take 67 transgender inmates off hormone therapy and block public funds for inmates’ elective medical treatments become law — without his signature.
Colorado’s health agencies will lose more than $230 million in federal grants, some of which already had been committed to programs that include crisis response teams and peer support for people recovering from addiction. The Trump administration is pulling back four grants to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment that fund COVID-19 disease