Tagged: claire mccaskill

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Missouri's House and Senate disagree over budget cuts.
• Missouri members of Congress oppose military base cuts or relocation.
• A proposal limiting tanning bed usage among teens divides Missouri House members.

Three members of Missouri's congressional delegation say programs at the state's largest military bases are too important to cut or move elsewhere.

US Senator Claire McCaskill says President Barack Obama’s budget, which was released Monday, is a workable document.

The Obama administration continues to come under fire for a rule that would make religious organizations cover contraceptives under employees' health care plans. A compromise announced on Friday has not placated the president's critics, including members of Missouri's congressional delegation.

Missouri senator Claire McCaskill is proposing cost cuts and a new business model to save post offices across the state. 167 rural Missouri post offices are on the chopping block as the U.S. Post Office moves toward more digital post services.

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill seeks to avoid closing rural post offices under her proposal to maintain six-day mail delivery.