Missouri child welfare workers and courts would be required to use the same standards to determine when children are unsafe and what must change before they can return home under draft legislation ...

A day after the resignation of Missouri’s interim commissioner of education, the State Board of Education announced a new interim leader.

Missouri Republicans have spent more than $300,000 on television advertising in recent days to keep a northwest Missouri seat ...

After Missouri banned nearly all abortions in 2022, Valerie Weaver began noticing a troubling change in some of the pregnant patients she cared for in Kansas City. They were arriving to her sicker.

Democrats have gained ground statewide, but only one of Missouri’s eight U.S. House races has attracted significant campaign ...

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Republicans are defending narrowly won suburban seats as Democrats look for signs of an opening in rural Missouri ...

A state study found no need for more marijuana licenses, but researchers lacked the ownership data needed to fully assess ...

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

Missouri is headed toward a potentially painful budget reckoning as state spending continues to outpace revenue growth. The ...