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EPISODE · Jan 9, 2026 · 28 MIN

Missouri developing plan that could boost pay for child abuse and neglect investigators

from St. Louis on the Air

It’s been more than a year since Gov. Mike Kehoe announced that state government veteran Jessica Bax would lead the Missouri Department of Social Services. It’s arguably the most challenging state governmental department in Missouri that oversees Medicaid, benefits like SNAP and TANF and the state’s Children Division. Bax joined “the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air” to talk about the big changes ahead for the state’s Medicaid program – and a plan to help retain investigators looking into allegations of child abuse and neglect.

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It’s been more than a year since Gov. Mike Kehoe announced that state government veteran Jessica Bax would lead the Missouri Department of Social Services. It’s arguably the most challenging state governmental department in Missouri that oversees...

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