Senate committee adds anti-immigration sanctions to Missouri budget
Missouri Republican lawmakers are seeking to target Kansas City with heavy sanctions if it moves ahead with stated plans by Mayor Quinton Lucas to welcome immi…
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Missouri Republican lawmakers are seeking to target Kansas City with heavy sanctions if it moves ahead with stated plans by Mayor Quinton Lucas to welcome immi…
A Republican state Senate candidate with a history of obscene and insulting social media posts said Thursday he will withdraw from the race after receiving a c…
Legislation seeking to make it harder to change Missouri's constitution through the initiative petition process was approved by the Missouri House on Thursday,…
The Missouri Department of Corrections must pay more than $60,000 for refusing to give records to a mother trying to find out how her son died in 2021 while in…
A bill that would make Missouri the fourth state to ban Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood is on its way to the governor.
Private attorneys hired by the top Republican in the Missouri House demanded Tuesday that the ethics investigation into their client be formally dismissed.
When Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare in Clinton received $1 million from the state last year to expand its cancer treatment options, the small hospital was r…
April 20 is a day recognized globally for celebrating cannabis culture, but it's also like the cannabis industry's Black Friday.
Legislation key to keeping a landfill from being built near pricey suburban homes just outside Kansas City is headed to Gov. Mike Parson's desk.
On Jan. 18, the ninth day of the 2024 legislative session, a bill essential to balancing the state budget was placed first in line on the Senate's calendar for…