Missouri’s nutrition push meets the budget

By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief

Good morning,

Missouri lawmakers spent much of the legislative session talking about how to force low-income families to use public benefits for healthier food options. Then they passed a budget that cuts state funding for a program designed to make those healthier options easier to buy.

Steph Quinn has the details.

Meanwhile, a federal antitrust deal with Bayer raises questions about competition in seed markets, while a vacant Kansas City school is caught in the middle of housing costs, neighborhood resistance and school district dysfunction.

by Steph Quinn

A program helping SNAP recipients buy more fresh fruits and vegetables is losing state funding, raising questions about how far Missouri’s nutrition push extends beyond restricting what families can purchase.

by Sky Chadde

The Justice Department says Bayer’s seed-reseller incentives threatened competition, but the seven-year agreement leaves key questions about prices, enforcement and what happens when the deal expires.

by Patrick Tuohey

A proposal to turn a long-empty school into teacher housing becomes, in this commentary, a case study in how local housing rules, school bureaucracy and neighborhood resistance compound one another.

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