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24-03-2025
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Education funding, child care subsidies central to Missouri state budget debate
House Budget Committee Chairman Dirk Deaton, a Republican from Noel, speaks March 3 during debate on the fiscal 2025 supplemental appropriations bill. (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications) The Missouri House Budget Committee on Monday will debate a spending plan that eliminates one of Gov. Mike Kehoe's major initiatives, adds dozens of new earmarked projects and dips into state general revenue reserves for about $1 billion. The annual markup session, where committee members seek changes in the revised budget unveiled March 12 by the panel's chairman, state Rep. Dirk Deaton, promises to be a marathon meeting. If kinks in a new computer system don't cause more delays, the full House will debate the budget bills in a week. The substitute bills crafted by Deaton propose spending $47.6 billion on state operations, including $14.5 billion of general revenue. The proposal reduces Kehoe's January budget plan by almost $750 million in general revenue and $2.4 billion overall. Part of the savings in general revenue come from shifting $421 million in the Medicaid program to another fund. Other items, representing unfinished earmarked projects funded last year, were shifted to a reappropriation bill that traditionally is not counted in new spending totals. Deaton's general revenue cuts also include paring back Kehoe's state employee pay raise plan and rejecting a proposal to provide pay raises targeting corrections officers who work in high security settings. Nearly $1 billion in non-general revenue reductions come from cutting spending authority in programs that have no money or use far less than appropriated. The biggest unfunded item on the table, which Kehoe did not include and Deaton also left out, is $300 million to fully fund the state foundation formula for public school distributions. The cuts also include the biggest spending initiative in Kehoe's budget, funded with federal block grant dollars, to make child care subsidy payments more predictable and timely for providers. Kehoe outlined the proposal in his State of the State Address in January. 'Starting in fiscal year 2026, providers will receive payments from the state at the beginning of the month and we will pay on enrollment – just like private pay,' Kehoe said. 'We will not allow late payments or technology issues to put these small businesses at risk of not being able to provide for families in need of child care.' Currently, the state pays only for actual attendance and after the provider files detailed reports. That system was undermined by new software plagued with bugs and payments that went missing or delayed. Some providers have closed, others have sought bridge financing and But Deaton sees the $107 million cost as a big new obligation for the state that he doesn't want to incur. 'It is not a sustainable funding source,' Deaton said when he unveiled his spending proposals. 'Next year, maybe the year after, we would be looking at a $160 million general revenue pickup.' State revenue collections are down this fiscal year and only nominal growth is expected in the coming year. State Rep. Betsy Fogle of Springfield, the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, said she understands the need to be careful with dollars but accuses Republicans of hypocrisy. If the GOP leadership was concerned about meeting the state's obligations, she said, the House wouldn't be debating major tax cuts. So far this year, the House has approved exempting capital gains from state income tax as well as cuts to the top rates for personal and corporate taxes. 'We have these conversations in the budget room about how the fiscal reality of the state isn't nearly as favorable as it has been in years past,' Fogle said.'Yet, three floors above us, the same body is proposing and passing tax cuts to the tune of about $1.3 billion.' The child care subsidy payment program Kehoe wanted that Deaton's plan doesn't fund is getting the most attention headed into the mark-up session. But Deaton also left out an $89 per month increase to Blind Pension Fund payments, estimated to cost $3.7 million from a dedicated property tax fund. He changed the cap on the pay plan from 10%, equal to 1% more for every two years of state service up to 20 years, to 5% by changing the time in service limit to 10 years. Corrections officers working in maximum security would have received $1 per hour more, while those working in restrictive housing units would have received $1.50 more. The extra pay would have cost $12.3 million. Kehoe's prospective payment proposal would implement federal regulations that took effect on April 30, 2024. The rules direct states to use Child Care and Development Block Grant funds to pay providers at the start of each month and to use enrollment, not attendance, as the basis for their reimbursements. The regulations gave states two years to implement the changes. Kehoe's proposal would increase the cost of child care subsidies from $259.8 million in the current year to $366.5 million. The state share from general revenue would remain the same, $22.5 million. With the change of federal administration, Deaton said, both the rule and the funding are uncertain. If the state does not comply, he said, the harshest immediate reaction would be a threatening letter. 'I don't think it is unreasonable to try to press pause here, step back and see where the land lies going forward,' Deaton said. Providers are organizing to reverse the cut. A prospective payment system based on enrollment would provide stable, reliable funding for providers, said Casey Hanson, deputy director of Kids Win Missouri. They are asking providers to contact legislators, she said. 'We've also collected stories from the last week from over 100 providers all over the state who we just asked, 'what would the impact of this be?'' Hanson said. 'Many of them also remember getting paid in that way during COVID and they talked about how much of a lifesaver it was during that time.' A prospective payment system based on enrollment would eliminate hours of administrative work and provide secure financing, said Nicci Rexroat, owner of A Place to Grow, a child care facility with locations in Jefferson City, New Bloomfield and Holts Summit. 'Just stabilizing my budget would be amazing,' Rexroat said. Under the current system, Rexroat reports attendance each month and waits to find out if every child enrolled is still eligible. 'it's a big part of my job every month, not only to compile and submit attendance, but for families who maybe forgot to clock in or clock out one day, getting those times adjusted so that they can get paid,' she said. And each month's payment must be audited to make sure it reflects the claim, Rexroat said. The payment software used since December 2023 has not functioned as intended. Providers have faced delays receiving their payments, some missing entire months as the new system was put in place. Commissioner of Education Karla Eslinger promised the backlog would be cleared in February, but Rexroat says problems remain. The state pays varying amounts based on the type of provider and the age of the child, from as little as $14 a day for preschoolers in a small center to as much as $90 a day for an infant in a licensed center. Under the provisions defining eligibility, families receive a full subsidy if household earnings are 150% or less of the federal poverty guideline. That is $31,725 for a single parent with one child, which is equal to working full time for $15.25 an hour. A household with two children and two adults working full time for minimum wage would not be eligible for the full benefit. There are three tiers of transitional benefits, where families pay from $7.50 to $10 a day as their income rises. The income cap for eligibility should be increased, Rexroat said. 'There's been a lot of really amazing increases in the daily rates and the amount that the state will pay for subsidy families, but I would love to see an increase in eligibility, more so than an increase in the daily payments for families that qualify,' she said. Democrats will offer an amendment to reverse the cut, Fogle said. Affordable child care is essential so parents can work, she said, and the current attendance payment system isn't working. 'I've had child care facilities in my district closed,' Fogle said. 'I've had families who had to put their children back in foster care because they lost their subsidy spot, and the parents couldn't afford to take off work.' Under the committee rules governing budget markup, any member wishing to increase spending from general revenue must balance it with a proposed reduction elsewhere of an equal amount. Because the child care funds are federal dollars, an amendment to reverse Deaton's decision will be possible without finding money elsewhere. There's also no need to find a cut elsewhere to fund the Blind Pension Fund payments. Under state law, revenue increases to the fund must be reported as a budget request, which lawmakers can reject, to increase the monthly payments. Currently $828 a month to about 3,200 Missourians, the revenue increase of more than $4 million means a recommendation to increase it by $89. Deaton's plan did not fund the $3.7 million cost of the increase. The Blind Pension Fund revenue comes from a statewide property tax of 3 cents per $100 assessed valuation. The fund has a rapidly growing balance and stood at $74 million at the end of February. At the end of fiscal 2016, the fund held $468,000. The payment has increased $39 each of the past two years. Prior to that, it was $750 a month for five years. Sheila Wright, president of the National Federation of the Blind Missouri, said people receiving the pension know they were in line for an increase but she hadn't heard that Deaton struck it from the budget. 'With all the increases in cost of living, you know, the $89 is, you know, that would be quite a benefit to individuals who have faced all those inflation costs,' Wright said. Public schools are also supposed to benefit when the Blind Pension Fund balance exceeds the cost of benefits. Every two years, money left in the fund is supposed to be allocated to the foundation formula. Fogle said she wants an explanation of why the pension increase was cut. She is also looking for money to cover the $300 million to fully fund the foundation formula. The foundation formula is costing taxpayers $3.8 billion in the current year. The law defining how the need calculation is made puts the cost for the coming year at $4.1 billion. Because of the balancing rule, finding the $300 million will be tough, Fogle said. Democrats intend to start with another major initiative from Kehoe — $50 million to expand a scholarship program for private school students that is supposed to be funded from donations and tax credits. 'For the first time in the state's history, the governor has recommended spending $50 million on vouchers to cover the cost of tuition at unaccredited and unregulated private schools who pick and choose which students they deem worthy of getting an education,' Fogle said. 'That is something that I am not comfortable with.' A battle — or a trade — could be brewing over two earmarked items, both included in last year's budget but meeting different fates. Then-Gov. Mike Parson approved $8 million to rehabilitate a historic footbridge in Springfield — the district of Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Lincoln Hough — but vetoed $12.5 million to buy land for a state park in McDonald County, which is in Deaton's district. In his budget plan, Deaton moved 23 of 24 long-term projects funded through the Department of Transportation to the reappropriation bill. He cut one — the Jefferson Avenue footbridge. And in the Department of Natural Resources budget, Deaton added $15 million to buy land for a state park in McDonald County. The footbridge is not in her district, Fogle said, and she has no insight into whether Deaton is setting up a swap or opposes the footbridge project outright. 'It's clear the chair is very passionate about that park project happening, and it is clear that last year, the governor's office was not,' she said. 'And it is clear to me that Senator Lincoln Hough will always do what he can do to bring home investments and infrastructure projects in his own senatorial district, as any senator should. So it'll be interesting to see how that plays out.' Deaton didn't respond to requests for an interview about the budget on Friday. The park is the largest of 71 earmarked items added to the others range from $88,720 to support a counseling program for children of incarcerated adults operated by Big Brothers and Big Sisters to $11.9 million for a climbing lane on Interstate 44 in Joplin. The new items add $119.1 million of general revenue and $138.9 million in total to the budget. Democrats have been included in discussions on what can be funded for local interests, Fogle said. 'The chairman holds the bulk of the power in the budget process, and that's not dissimilar to previous years,' she said. 'So far, I think we've maintained a healthy working relationship with the chair, and do feel like our priorities have been acknowledged.' Growth in state revenues fell behind the rate of inflation in the most recent fiscal year and are on track to decline for the first time in a non-recession year. A massive surplus, built up in years of double-digit growth, has been declining but remains healthy. Even with the sluggish growth, revenue beat expectations last fiscal year and are on track to exceed the amount used as an estimate for the current budget. But the decline in revenue so far this year, about double expectations, means next year may not meet the estimate of almost $13.6 billion in receipts. Kehoe's budget proposed $15.2 billion in general revenue for day-to-day operations, plus $750 million for capital projects that will take more than one year. Deaton's plan for operations uses $14.5 billion in general revenue. He has not submitted his proposals for capital projects. To fit ongoing spending to expected revenue, Deaton slapped a one-time label on numerous items, including a $15 million increase in funding for school district transportation costs. While the committee is writing a budget that uses at least $900 million in accumulated surpluses, the House has already approved a tax cut proposal that would reduce revenues by $1.3 billion annually when fully phased-in. 'We've really got to be careful moving forward, starting this year,' Deaton said during the March 12 hearing. 'Next year will be more difficult than this year. We need to understand that just because something is maybe added this year, especially, it wouldn't be right to go ahead and budget that in for future years.' SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
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27-02-2025
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Budget committee sends $2 billion supplemental spending bill to Missouri House
State Rep. Dirk Deaton, R-Noel, speaks on the Missouri House floor in May 2022 (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). The first spending bill of the year — almost $2 billion to fund state agencies through June 30 — was approved Thursday by the Missouri House Budget Committee. The supplemental appropriation bill includes money to make sure public schools receive their full allocation under the foundation formula, $103 million for federally financed summer food programs and funding to eliminate waiting lists for developmental disability and behavioral health services. The bill, which is moving earlier than some supplemental bills from past years, has a handful of items where money will run out relatively soon. One item is $14 million for area agencies on aging, which will run short of money by the end of the month. 'That probably is as much of a pain point as anything,' said committee Chairman Dirk Deaton, a Republican from Noel. 'I think there's about $50 million in federal funds that are available they don't have the authority to spend.' Dan Haug, state budget director, said the funding for the aging agencies, which provide services like home-delivered meals, transportation and personal services, is the most urgent item in the bill. 'That's probably the one that we're most concerned about,' Haug said. The real spur to early action, Deaton said, is a request from Gov. Mike Kehoe to move the supplemental spending ahead of the budget bills for the coming fiscal year. 'The administration asked, before the State of the State, if it was possible we could get this to his desk by March,' Deaton said. The supplemental appropriation bill consists of items requested by Kehoe to finish the fiscal year. Lawmakers can cut or refuse to fund items but cannot add new spending. One item cut is $11.7 million of revenue from marijuana sales intended to support the work of the Office of Public Defender. The money is unanticipated revenue from marijuana sales, which are higher than expected. The money is not essential for the office to maintain its operations through the end of the year, Deaton said. 'Just because we have it doesn't mean we necessarily have to spend it,' Detain said. 'Exactly what they need this for, what it would be used for, is unclear to me at this time.' Mary Fox, state public defender, said after the vote that the money would have been used for salaries. The speed of the committee action pleased state Rep. Betsy Fogle of Springfield, the ranking Democrat on the committee. 'We're getting our work done in the House and I'm excited to pass the supplemental and fund the programs that help Missourians,' she said. The quick action pleases the administration, Haug said. 'I feel pretty good about where we are,' he said. The money to shore up the school foundation formula, $142.4 million, is to pay for increased funding mandated by a major education bill passed last year and to cover a shortfall in lottery revenue. The funding for developmental disability and behavioral health services was cut by $49 million from the $129.8 million request, but that is due to better projections of the need for services by June 30, Deaton said during the committee discussion. The spending bill could be debated as early as next week in the Missouri House. The budget for the coming fiscal year will undergo detailed work in several subcommittees next week. The five subcommittees will make recommendations for changes in Kehoe's $53.7 billion proposal. Once they report to the full Budget Committee, it will finalize its spending choices. The budget could be debated in the full House as early as the week of March 10, but that would require everything to go as smoothly as possible, Deaton said. 'We're going to move as fast as we can, while doing a good job,' Deaton said. 'Sometimes those things are at odds with each other.' SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
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26-02-2025
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Missouri public defender budget moves forward after agency fires convicted felon
State Public Defender Mary Fox, right, speaks Wednesday during a hearing of the Missouri House Budget Committee. Heather Tilman, office budget director, is seated to her right. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) The secretary whose employment at the Missouri state public defender's office nearly derailed the agency's entire budget has been terminated, clearing away legislative opposition during a committee hearing on Wednesday. State lawmakers earlier this month threatened to hold up the public defense system's budget until an administrative assistant named David Spears was fired. Public defender's office draws outrage from Missouri GOP leaders over hiring convicted felon Spears pleaded guilty to two felonies in 2012 — the class C felony of endangering the welfare of a child and class D felony of hindering prosecution — in the 2007 case involving the murder of his stepdaughter, Rowan Ford. State Rep. Lane Roberts, a Republican of Joplin, led the charge against Spears and confirmed in an interview Wednesday that he had been terminated. 'I'm satisfied they've done what we asked,' Roberts said. 'This is about a little girl,' he added. Mary Fox, director of Missouri's state public defense system declined to comment. Spears was sentenced to 11 years and released in 2015 on parole. He worked at the public defender's office as a clerk typist in Clayton from 2016 to 2019 and returned in 2020 to the West Plains office as an administrative assistant, where he worked until he was recently terminated. In a contentious budget hearing earlier this month, Fox defended Spears' employment, pointing out that Missouri for years has held a 'ban the box' hiring practice in state government, in which state agencies wait until later in the hiring practice to review information about criminal histories. It's designed to provide second chances to those with criminal histories and help them assimilate back into society. Spears' friend, Christopher Collings, was convicted of the rape and murder of Ford, which took place in the small Southwestern Missouri town of Stella. She was 9 years old. Collings was executed for the crime by lethal injection in December. Initially, prosecutors charged both Spears and Collings with rape and sexual assault of Ford, after both confessed separately. But the charges against Spears were dropped because no physical evidence supported his involvement and Collings insisted he acted alone. An expert witness at trial said Spears' confession was coerced by police. In 2012, the prosecutor in the case published a statement regarding the decision to drop murder and sexual assault charges against Spears, which began: 'I am completely aware that the general public is convinced that David Spears was involved.' In the hearing earlier this month, Roberts and Fox disagreed over Spears' involvement in the case. As a result of lawmakers' concerns over Spears' employment, the state public defense commission developed a new policy surrounding background checks, so that the director and chair of the commission must be consulted when any background check returns a bad report. Additionally, Fox said at the hearing earlier this month, agency policy was changed to add conflict of interest evaluations in hiring. The House budget hearing went on as normal Wednesday morning, after Roberts said the matter regarding Spears is considered closed. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
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15-02-2025
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Missouri lawmakers walk out over public defender hiring controversy
(KSNF/KODE) — Several members of the Missouri House Budget Committee Thursday walked out of a hearing with the Public Defender's Office. The issue—the employment of a man connected to the death of a little girl 18 years ago. Employment of David Spears causes committee to refuse agency's budget requests 'Where is the justice for Rowan Ford in this?' State Representative Lane Roberts says that's the central issue. 'It's about justice for a little girl,' said Roberts. Thursday, Missouri Public Defender Director Mary Fox made her agency's annual funding request to the Missouri House Budget Committee—but the conversation quickly changed. 'I do have a couple of questions before we get started here,' said State Representative Dirk Deaton, R-Senec Those questions centered around the employment of David Spears—who pleaded guilty to hindering prosecution and endangering the welfare of a child for his role in the 2007 abduction, rape, and murder of nine-year-old Rowan Ford. Changes made to hiring policy in public defender's office, inspired by Spears controversy 'Is Mr. Spears still today, currently employed with the Missouri State Public Defenders?' 'He is,' said Fox. An investigation by our station discovered Spears was first hired by the Public Defender's Office in 2016—and then again in 2020. A letter—signed by Roberts, Deaton, and several other state representatives—called on the Public Defenders Commission to revise hiring policies and fire Spears. Fox told the committee those hiring policies have changed—but as for Spears—the commission doesn't believe it has the authority to terminate. 'Let me ask you this; is there anyone at the Public Defenders Office that can terminate an employee?' asked Deaton. Controversy leads to review of public defender's hiring policy 'Certainly. I can terminate an employee, and I would terminate an employee if their performance was not successful,' said Fox. The committee expressed outrage at Spears' employment. 'At a minimum, his actions led directly to the rape and murder of this girl. At a minimum. I don't think anyone questions that,' said Deaton. Some committee members said they wouldn't hear any budget request from the Public Defender's Office. 'I am not going to sit and listen to you because I'm disgusted,' said State Representative Raychel Proudie, D-Ferguson. 'I have the deepest respect for the director, but they're trying to defend something that's not defensible,' said Roberts. Roberts says this isn't about the legislature, the Public Defender's Office, or even Spears. 'He's got a job today because of what he did. He's got a paycheck, he's got benefits, and he's got a future, which Rowan Ford does not, because she's dead.' Legislators outraged by hiring practices by Missouri public defender's office It's about justice for Rowan Ford. 'And that the stepfather who betrayed her should be getting paid by public tax dollars—tax dollars paid by her mother, and her extended family, and her classmates, and her teachers, and police officers. The idea that in any way they should have to help support the man that betrayed her is repulsive,' said Roberts. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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12-02-2025
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Missouri AG faces pushback from lawmakers over $3M budget increase, Starbucks lawsuit
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, shown speaking with reporters Jan. 13, was grilled by lawmakers Wednesday about his office budget and a new lawsuit filed against Starbucks accusing the company of discrimination (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Members of the Missouri House Budget Committee on Wednesday made Attorney General Andrew Bailey defend his request for millions in additional funding and his decision to sue Starbucks for allegations it discriminated against white applicants in hiring and promotions. Republican members of the committee led the questioning of Bailey's request for new funds, asking why he needed more money when his office hasn't spent all it was given in past years. 'You're asking for more personal service (funding), but you're leaving $2 million on the bottom line,' said state Rep. John Voss, a Republican from Cape Girardeau. 'So why do you say that they're not funded when I think there's sufficient room for you to use that? I honestly think the issue isn't money. It's something else preventing you from being able to hire attorneys.' CONTACT US Democrats took the lead on the Starbucks case, filed Tuesday in federal court. 'I'm just curious if white-served coffee tastes a little bit better because if it does I'm happy to have some,' said state Rep. Raychel Proudie, a Democrat from St. Louis. Bailey defended the budget request by saying his office was seeking to hire experienced attorneys to handle more complex cases and to mentor lawyers hired for their first job after law school. The Starbucks case, Bailey said, was filed because he believes the company's diversity, equity and inclusion programs and executive incentives are illegal. 'The statute in the (Missouri Human Rights Act) says that if it appears to the attorney general that any of these rights are being either violated or even that anyone is suppressing those rights, that the attorney general then, under the statute, has the authority to take legal action,' Bailey said. Lawmakers appropriated $44.7 million for Bailey's office in the current fiscal year and he is asking for $47.4 million for the year beginning July 1. State budget office documents show Bailey spent only $28.2 million of $43 million set aside for his office in fiscal 2024, leaving the remainder, including $1.7 million in general revenue, unspent. Over the past eight years, the attorney general's office has had a growing vacancy problem, with more than 32% of authorized personnel slots unused in fiscal 2024. In fiscal 2017, about 22% of the authorized personnel slots, designated as full time equivalents or FTEs in state budget documents, were unused. Part of the personnel issue for his office, Bailey said, is expanded legal teams at individual state agencies and the lure of private practice once attorneys have gained experience. The increased funding, he said, will help cut turnover by allowing him to recruit more experienced attorneys to work with the newly graduated lawyers. He is not, he said, asking for additional personnel slots. 'I noticed when I took over, to put it in military terms, I had a lot of privates and a lot of lieutenants, but not a lot of sergeants,' Bailey said. Voss, however, wasn't convinced that the extra money is needed. 'I think you have the money,' Voss said. 'I just don't think that's the real problem.' In the Starbucks lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Bailey alleges that hiring and promotion decisions, as well as executive bonuses, were tied to a quota system for women and minority recruitment. In 2020, the lawsuit states, 69% of Starbucks' employees in the United States were women and 47% were Black or other minorities. In September, the filing states, 70.9% of Starbucks employees were women and 52.2% were Black or other minorities. 'In other words, since 2020, Starbuck's workface (sic) has become more female and less white,' the filing states. 'As Attorney General, I have a responsbility (sic) to protect Missourians from a company that actively engages in systemic race and sex discrimination,' Bailey said. As a result, Bailey wrote in the lawsuit, 'Missouri consumers pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services that could be provided for less had Starbucks employed the most qualified workers, regardless of their race, color, sex, or national origin.' Starbucks said it does not discriminate in a statement in response to the lawsuit. 'We disagree with the attorney general and these allegations are inaccurate,' the company stated. 'We are deeply committed to creating opportunity for every single one of our partners (employees). Our programs and benefits are open to everyone and lawful. Our hiring practices are inclusive, fair and competitive and designed to ensure the strongest candidate for every job every time.' In the hearing Tuesday, state Rep. Betsy Fogle, a Democrat from Springfield, said she sees nothing wrong in Starbucks increasing its employment of women and minorities. 'There are a lot of us in this room that celebrate that fact,' Fogle said. 'We want women in the workforce. We want individuals and groups who have historically been out of the workforce to be full participants.' In reply, Bailey said he is trying to promote fair hiring for all applicants. 'It is my opinion that everyone should have equal access to job opportunities, and the decisions should be made in accordance with the statutes and promotion of merit,' he said. State Rep. Aaron Crossley, a Democrat from Independence, asked Bailey about other lawsuits against private companies, requesting a list of those actions. 'And then also, could we please get a breakdown of your office's staff and by gender and by race,' he said, 'just make sure that we're practicing what we preach.' SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
