Missouri looking to make welfare rules tougher

Thursday, July 19, 2007

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri officials are preparing to toughen the rules for people on welfare in an effort to meet stricter federal requirements on how many recipients must be working or trying to work.

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