LEE’S SUMMIT — Marching up and down the front steps of split level homes in a Lee’s Summit neighborhood on a recent Monday evening, Democratic state Rep. Keri Ingle was not the first to tell residents ...

Democrats hope to flip a Springfield Senate seat for the first time in more than 80 years, replacing Republican Lincoln Hough ...

The growing attention being given to Missouri’s child welfare system offers a critical opportunity to address not only the ...

If Amendment 3 passes, Missouri would again ban abortion. It would also be the first state to ban gender-affirming care for ...

For most people, the AI debate began with tools such as ChatGPT and questions about jobs, academic integrity, misinformation, ...

Students and alumni of Lincoln University are suing the state of Missouri over decades of underfunding and unequal treatment.

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Some Missouri Republicans are stressing independence from their own party in 2026 House campaign ads as Democrats try to tie ...

In early August, Missouri voters decisively rejected two efforts to rewrite some of the basic rules of state government.

Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over a Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up, highlighting how his political style ...

A St. Louis jury awarded $10 million Tuesday to three plaintiffs in a sprawling ownership battle over six Missouri cannabis ...