Internal records show abuse reports awaiting assignment and growing caseloads as workers describe long drives and rushed ...

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

Four media organizations, including the Missouri Broadcasters Association and the Missouri Press Association, have filed a ...

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 ...

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

Missouri interim Commissioner of Education Stacey Preis resigned Tuesday after just four months on the job amid speculation she was about to be fired. Speaking to reporters while the State Board of ...

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

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